MARIA R. BACALLAO
v.
RUIZ JANITORIAL SERVICES & MAINTENANCE CORP., ET AL.
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A property owner is not liable for injuries to a janitor who slips and falls on a hazard of the type the janitor was hired to clean.
[1] A property owner or employer is not liable for injuries sustained by a worker hired to perform cleaning services when the worker is injured by a hazard of the type the wo…
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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Opinion filed May 29, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
No. 3D23-852 Lower Tribunal No. 21-16604
Maria R. Bacallao, Appellant, vs. Ruiz Janitorial Services & Maintenance Corp., et al., Appellees.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Beatrice Butchko, Judge. Law Group of South Florida, LLC, and Andy Loynaz, for appellant. Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Therese A. Savona and Rook Elizabeth Ringer (Orlando), for appellee Palms Association of Alton Road, Inc.
Before LOGUE, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See McCarty v. Dade Div. of Am. Hosp. Supply, 360 So. 2d
436, 438 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978) (hospital not liable where janitor slipped and fell on a greasy substance in a hallway that the hospital had employed her to clean); Parrish v. Matthews, 548 So. 2d 725, 725 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (defendants not liable where plaintiff was hired to perform domestic services at defendants’ home and slipped on a piece of wrapping paper that was left on the stairs).
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