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· 12/22/1982

Goode v. Walt Disney World Co.

Citations

  • 425 So. 2d 1151

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing defense summary judgment in unwitnessed drowning incident in which child was found dead in a waterway surrounded by an unreasonably low fence
  • reversing defense summary judgment in unwitnessed drowning incident in which child was found dead in a waterway surrounded by an unreasonably low fence
  • circumstantial evidence as to proximate cause is sufficient to allow the case to go to the jury where a prima facie case of negligence exists
  • circumstantial evidence as to proximate cause is sufficient to allow the case to go to the jury where a prima facie case of negligence exists
  • \It was not necessary for the plaintiff below to exclude the existence of other reasonable inferences of non-negligent causation in order to avert entry of a summary judgment.\
  • negligent supervision of one’s child at an amusement park is foreseeable and does not shield park from liability for failing to install a proper fence to prevent access to a pool

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Judges: Cobb

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