EDWARD JAMES GOLD, APPELLANT,

v.

MARTA GOLD, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Sanislo v. Give Kids THE World, Inc., 157 So. 3d 256 (Fla. 2015)
  …om liability was made clear and unequivocal and the wording was so clear and understandable that an ordinary and knowledgeable person will know what he or she is contracting away. Cain, 932 So. 2d at 578 (citing Gayon v. Bally’s Total Fitness Corp., 802 So. 2d 420, 420-21 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)); Raveson v. Walt Disney World Co., 793 So. 2d 1171, 1173 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001); cf. Univ. Plaza Shopping Ctr., Inc. v. Stewart, 272 So. 2d 507, 509 (Fla.1973) (‘“A contract of indemnity will not be construed to indemnify th…
• Cain v. Banka, 932 So. 2d 575 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)
  …hat the intention to be relieved from liability was made clear and unequivocal and the wording must be so clear and understandable that an ordinary and knowledgeable person will know what he is contracting away. Gayon v. Bally’s Total Fitness Corp., 802 So. 2d 420 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); Raveson v. Walt Disney World Co., 793 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). This district has rejected the need for express language referring to release of the defendant for “negligence” or “negligent acts” in order to render a rele…

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• Tatman v. Space Coast Kennel Club, Inc., 27 So. 3d 108 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009)
  …that the intention to be relieved from liability is made clear and unequivocal. The wording must be so clear and understandable that “an ordinary and knowledgeable person will know what he is contracting away.” Gayon v. Bally’s Total Fitness Corp., 802 So. 2d 420, 421 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); see also Raveson v. Walt Disney World Co., 793 So. 2d 1171 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001). A phrase in a contract is ambiguous when it is of uncertain meaning, and thus may be fairly understood in more ways than one. See Nagel v. Cron…

Authorities Cited

• Durand v. Durand, 569 So. 2d 838 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
• Farrell v. Farrell, 710 So. 2d 151 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)