PETITTE

v.

WELCH ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Castillo v. Bickley, 363 So. 2d 792 (Fla. 1978)
  …arfred Auto Imports, Inc. v. Yaxley, 343 So. 2d 79 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977); Patrick v. Faircloth Buick Co., 185 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966), cert. discharged, 198 So. 2d 825 (Fla.1967); Petitte v. Welch, 167 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964), cert. denied, 172 So. 2d 598 (Fla.1965). In Harfred, Judge McCord carefully analyzed the state of Florida law on this issue and opted to follow the nationwide majority rule of owner liability only in cases where the doctrine of respondeat superior (the master responds for the…
• Michalek v. Shumate, 511 So. 2d 377 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987)
  …is liable solely by reason of ownership for the negligent operation thereof by one employee resulting in injury to another employee of the service station.... 155 So. 2d at 646. In Petitte v. Welch, 167 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964), cert. denied, 172 So. 2d 598 (Fla.1965), the third district considered a case where an owner left his car in the possession of a service station operator and while in such possession a third person drove it on the premises of the service station and injured another person. The…
• Comer v. Rodriguez, 346 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
  …tracting owner absolves the latter from liability.” The facts of this case fall squarely within this exception. Cf. Fry v. Robinson Printers, Inc., 155 So. 2d 645 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963); Petitte v. Welch, 167 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964), cert. denied, 172 So. 2d 598 (Fla.1965); Schaffer v. Government Employees Insurance Co., 280 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973), cert. denied, 285 So. 2d 23 (Fla.1973). Affirmed.…

Authorities Cited

• Emil Petitte v. Welch, 167 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964)