Florida Appeals Panel Vacates $3.6 Million Premises Liability Award Against Hotel

(July 21, 2017, 1:03 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —  A Fourth District of the Florida Court of Appeal panel on July 19 found that a hotel did not breach its duty to protect a couple when a drunken driver drove through a poolside cabana, injuring the man and killing his wife; the panel remanded the suit with instructions to the trial court to grant the hotel’s motion for a directed verdict and vacate the $3.6 million award against it (The Las Olas Holding Company v. Michael Demella, No. 4D16-231, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 10445)....

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