CHARLES A. SPANOLIA, AN INCOMPETENT, BY AND THROUGH HIS LEGAL GUARDIAN, JEAN SPANOLIA, AND JEAN SPANOLIA, HIS WIFE, INDIVIDUALLY, APPELLANTS,
v.
LEE'S CRANE SERVICE, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, KOEHRING, INC., ETC., ET AL., APPELLEES
CHARLES A. SPANOLIA, AN INCOMPETENT, BY AND THROUGH HIS LEGAL GUARDIAN, JEAN SPANOLIA, AND JEAN SPANOLIA, HIS WIFE, INDIVIDUALLY, APPELLANTS,
LEE'S CRANE SERVICE, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, KOEHRING, INC., ETC., ET AL., APPELLEES
612 So. 2d 1366
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1992)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed on the authority of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Acosta, 612 So. 2d 1361 (Fla.1992).
HERSEY, DELL and STONE, JJ., concur.
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