JOHN R. RHODES, APPELLANT,

v.

MARION RHODES, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Beattie v. City OF Coral Gables, 358 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978)
  …ors, Inc. and its insurer Travelers Insurance Company on the ground that Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. owed no duty to the plaintiff to maintain the sidewalk herein in a safe condition. Woods v. City of Palatka, 63 So. 2d 636 (Fla.1953); Gornto v. Marks, 311 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975). We find the other contention raised by the appellant on this appeal to be without merit. Affirmed as to the defendant Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. and its insurer Travelers Insurance Company; reversed and remanded for further proce…
• Schupbach v. City OF Sarasota, 765 So. 2d 131 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
  …is whether, by passing section 30-26, the City of Sarasota imposed a duty of care upon abutting landowners enforceable by a private cause of action. We hold it does not. Past cases have examined similar but not identical issues. In Gornto v. Marks, 311 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975), the First District held that a City of Jacksonville ordinance did not impose liability upon an abutting owner for injuries sustained in a trip and fall on a public sidewalk. The Jacksonville ordinance, like Sarasota’s, required…
• Jones v. Charles, 518 So. 2d 445 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)
  …lants’ complaint was legally baseless. We agree with appellants, however, that to the extent that the law is contrary to their position, their complaint constituted a reasonable good faith effort to effect a change in the law. See Gornto v. Marks, 311 So. 2d 177, 178-79 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975) (Boyer, J., dissenting). A party asserting a good faith, soundly-based attempt to change an existing rule of law is not subject to attorney’s fees under section 57.105. Parkway General Hospital, Inc. v. Stern, 400 So. 2d…