WILLIAM J. HOPKINS, APPELLANT,
v.
ZIPP SPORTING GOODS, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLEE
WILLIAM J. HOPKINS, APPELLANT,
ZIPP SPORTING GOODS, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLEE
330 So. 2d 190
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1976)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Whetzel v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Fla.App.1972, 266 So. 2d 89, which holds that a question of law is presented under the facts of this case. In our judgment, the question of law was correctly determined by the trial judge upon the basis of the law as stated in Manis v. Miller, Fla.App.1976, 327 So. 2d 117.
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- Whetzel v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 266 So. 2d 89 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972)
- Manis v. Leamon Lee Miller, 327 So. 2d 117 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976)