Case Name: Marie M. GORNTO, and Homer L. Gornto, her husband, Appellants, v. Betty Balfour MARKS, and Lewis H. Marks, Executors of the Estate of Grover S. Balfour, Deceased, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-04-16
Citations: 311 So. 2d 177
Docket Number: No. T-474
Parties: Marie M. GORNTO, and Homer L. Gornto, her husband, Appellants, v. Betty Balfour MARKS, and Lewis H. Marks, Executors of the Estate of Grover S. Balfour, Deceased, Appellees.
Judges: STEWART, LEON F., Associate Judge, concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 311
Pages: 177–179

Head Matter:
Marie M. GORNTO, and Homer L. Gornto, her husband, Appellants, v. Betty Balfour MARKS, and Lewis H. Marks, Executors of the Estate of Grover S. Balfour, Deceased, Appellees.
No. T-474.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 16, 1975.
Rehearing Denied May 6, 1975.
Sam E. Barket, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellants.
John F. Fannin, of Milam, Martin & Ade, Jacksonville, for appellees.

Opinion:
JOHNSON, Acting Chief Judge.
The appeal in this case is from a final judgment in favor of the appellees (defendants below) who were the owners of property abutting upon a sidewalk in the City of Jacksonville, Florida.
Mrs. Gornto, one of the appellants in this case, tripped or fell on the sidewalk because of a crack or broken piece of concrete in the sidewalk, resulting in alleged physical damages to her body.
The respective counsel for the parties stipulated as to the facts material to the issue involved and the trial court rendered its final judgment based thereon.
The trial court had denied motions for summary judgment and for judgment cm the pleadings and had advised counsel that the court was of the view that the law of Florida was set forth in the case of Woods v. City of Palatka, 63 So.2d 636 (Fla.1953) and that the Ordinance (602.101) of the City of Jacksonville did not impose upon the owner of abutting premises liability for injury to a business invitee by reason of a defective public sidewalk.
We have heard oral argument and studied the respective briefs and the record, and we are of the opinion that the holding of the Supreme Court of Florida in the Woods case, supra, is controlling in the facts of the case sub judice. We, therefore, agree with the trial court in entering judgment in favor of the appellees.
Affirmed.
STEWART, LEON F., Associate Judge, concurs.
BOYER, ]., dissents.