Case Name: Irene MORALES, Appellant, v. PARAMO ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-25
Citations: 695 So. 2d 915
Docket Number: No. 96-2419
Parties: Irene MORALES, Appellant, v. PARAMO ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 695
Pages: 915–916

Head Matter:
Irene MORALES, Appellant, v. PARAMO ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.
No. 96-2419.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 25, 1997.
Samek & Besser and Lawrence Besser, Miami, for appellant.
Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson and Geoffrey B. Marks and Alicia M. Santana, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The defense judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict below is reversed for a new trial because, contrary to the trial court's determination, evidence that a ladder which was defective both before and after-wards collapsed while being used by the plaintiff in a normal manner was more than sufficient to raise a reasonable inference that — and thus a jury question whether — the defect caused the accident. See Bianchi v. Garber, 528 So.2d 969 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); Goode v. Walt Disney World Co., 425 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982), pet. for review denied, 436 So.2d 101 (Fla.1983); Roach v. Raubar, 362 So.2d 84 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Fletcher v. Petman Enters., Inc., 324 So.2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975).
Reversed.