(l-r) Third DCA Chief Judge Kevin Emas, Judge Edwin A. Scales III and Judge Bronwyn C. Miller. who presided over the case Reina I. Echevarria and Jorge Echevarria vs. Lennar Homes.
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal just reminded a trial court that a case should go in front of a jury, if there is a material fact in dispute.
The dispute involved Reina I. Echevarria, who sustained injuries from a fall while exiting a Lennar Homes model house. In reversing the judgment entered in favor of Lennar, the Third DCA said Lennar’s uncommon design created a hidden danger leading to Echevarria’s fall.
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