Case Name: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Jessica HERNDON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-01-31
Citations: 776 So. 2d 360
Docket Number: No. 3D00-208
Parties: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Jessica HERNDON, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 776
Pages: 360–360

Head Matter:
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellant, v. Jessica HERNDON, Appellee.
No. 3D00-208.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 31, 2001.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, and Thomas R. Robertson, Assistant County Attorney, for appellant.
Richard F. O’Brien, III, Miami, for ap-pellee.
Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Miami-Dade County appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a verdict in a personal injury case. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
At no point during this litigation did the plaintiff plead or prove actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the County so as to impose liability on the County for the trip and fall. Because of the utter absence of such evidence, the verdict and judgment cannot stand. See Grier v. Metropolitan Dade County, 660 So.2d 273, 275 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995) ("In order to establish a prima facie claim for negligence, a plaintiff must show that defendant had either actual or constructive notice of the alleged negligent condition."). Accordingly, the trial court erred in denying the County's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and then again erred in denying the County's Motion for a Directed Verdict.
Reversed and remanded with directions to enter judgment for the County.