WILLIAM J. HOPKINS, APPELLANT,
v.
ZIPP SPORTING GOODS, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1976-04-20
No. 75-1104
Before BARKDULL, C. J., and PEARSON, J., and CHARLES CARROLL, (Ret.). Associate Judge.
330 So. 2d 190 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1976) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

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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