Case Name: Roger ROBINSON, by and through his mother and next friend, Josephine Cobb, and Josephine Cobb, Appellants, v. BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-10-28
Citations: 405 So. 2d 274
Docket Number: No. 80-1870
Parties: Roger ROBINSON, by and through his mother and next friend, Josephine Cobb, and Josephine Cobb, Appellants, v. BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., Appellees.
Judges: OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Retired, and GREEN, OLIVER L., Jr., Associate Judges, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 405
Pages: 274–275

Head Matter:
Roger ROBINSON, by and through his mother and next friend, Josephine Cobb, and Josephine Cobb, Appellants, v. BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, et al., Appellees.
No. 80-1870.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 28, 1981.
James F. Johnson, Jr., of James F. Johnson, Jr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
Charles L. Curtis of Allsworth, Doumar, Schuler, Padula & Laystrom, Fort Lauder-dale, for appellee, Arcadia Air Products, Co.

Opinion:
BERANEK, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from an adverse final summary judgment in a diving board accident case. Plaintiff was injured when he dove from a three meter diving board and struck his head on the bottom of a pool. Suit was brought against various defendants including appellee, Arcadia Air Products Company, the manufacturer and supplier of the diving board in question.
The complaint alleges numerous theories of liability, but it appears that the primary contentions by plaintiff are that the board manufacturer failed to give an adequate warning regarding use of the board when it was supplied to the City of Fort Lauderdale and installed at a city pool. We conclude that issues of fact exist which preclude entry of summary judgment. Initially, the pleadings and discovery present an obvious factual issue regarding precisely what warning was given and whether or not the City of Fort Lauderdale relied upon the warning. The appellee urges that the City's reliance upon any written warning was negated by the City's independent knowledge of danger regarding the board. This contention, along with issues of proximate cause, also present issues of fact which were inappropriately disposed of on motion for summary judgment. We, therefore, reverse and remand for further proceedings in accordance with the established principles that factual issues preclude the entry of summary judgment. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So.2d 40 (Fla.1966).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Retired, and GREEN, OLIVER L., Jr., Associate Judges, concur.