Court Opinion

ID: 9962991
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Date Created: 2024-04-24 14:02:58.399647+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:44.651259
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D2022-3459
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EUGENE THOMPSON, as the
Personal Representative,

    Appellant,

    v.

HILLSIDE BUILDING, LLC.,
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES,
LLC, and THE ESTATE OF ELISA
MARGRETTE EUGENIE
THOMPSON,

    Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.

                           April 24, 2024

PER CURIAM.

     AFFIRMED. See McCain v. Fla. Power Corp., 593 So. 2d 500,
503 (Fla. 1992) (holding that a “requirement of reasonable, general
foresight is the core of the duty element” in a negligence action and
that “duty exists as a matter of law and is not a factual question
for the jury to decide”); see also United States v. Stevens, 994 So.
2d 1062, 1066–67 (Fla. 2008) (reaffirming McCain).

OSTERHAUS, C.J., and BILBREY and NORDBY, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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James P. Waczewski of Waczewski Law Group, Tallahassee;
Randy Pelham of The Pelham Law Firm, Tallahassee, for
Appellant.

Michael J. Thomas, Cody W. Short, and R. Geoffrey Place, II, of
Pennington. P.A, Tallahassee, for Appellee Hillside Building, LLC;
Kimberly K. Berman of Marshall Dennehey, Fort Lauderdale;
James P. Hanratty and Sean J. Reeves of Marshall Dennehey
Warner Coleman & Goggin, Jacksonville, for Appellee Conduent
Business Services, LLC.

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