JOHN STERLING, APPELLANT,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AN AGENCY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Goldberg v. Fla. Power & Light Co., 899 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 2005)
  …s failure to act was the proximate cause of Mrs. Colina’s death and that, as a matter of law, the county’s negligence was not the legal cause of the injury suffered. The Third District reached a similar conclusion in Derrer v. Georgia Electric Co., 537 So. 2d 593 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988), another case involving an intersectional collision. While it • is not entirely clear from the text of the opinion itself, one of the drivers involved in the collision apparently asserted that she did not see the intersection wher…
• Palm Beach-Broward Med. Imaging Ctr., Inc. v. Cont'l Grain Co., 715 So. 2d 343 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …a traffic signal was rendered inoperative due to the negligence of the power company. See Arenado v. Florida Power & Light Co., 523 So. 2d 628 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), petition for rev. dismissed, 541 So. 2d 612 (Fla.1989); Derrer v. Georgia Elec. Co., 537 So. 2d 593 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Adoptie v. Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co., 426 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). In Arenado, the power company’s transmission light went down and interrupted the flow of electricity to the traffic light. Relying on Justice Cardozo…
• Staci Levy v. Fla. Power & Light Co., 798 So. 2d 778 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
  …others. Such a responsibility would be an unwarranted social burden. Id.; see Metropolitan Dade County v. Tribble, 616 So. 2d 59 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); Wright v. Metropolitan Dade County, 547 So. 2d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Derrer v. Georgia Elec. Co., 537 So. 2d 593 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988). Adoptie By and Through Adoptie v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 426 So. 2d 1162 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), was a case where the plaintiff alleged that an inoperable traffic light caused an intersection accident. The allegati…

Authorities Cited

• Davis v. State, 460 So. 2d 452 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)