Maria R. Bacallao v. Ruiz Janitorial Services & Maintenance Corp.

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed May 29, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

No. 3D23-852 Lower Tribunal No. 21-16604

Maria R. Bacallao, Appellant,

vs.

Ruiz Janitorial Services & Maintenance Corp., et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Beatrice Butchko, Judge.

Law Group of South Florida, LLC, and Andy Loynaz, for appellant.

Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Therese A. Savona and Rook Elizabeth Ringer (Orlando), for appellee Palms Association of Alton Road, Inc.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See McCarty v. Dade Div. of Am. Hosp. Supply, 360 So. 2d 436, 438 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978) (hospital not liable where janitor slipped and fell on a greasy substance in a hallway that the hospital had employed her to clean); Parrish v. Matthews, 548 So. 2d 725, 725 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (defendants not liable where plaintiff was hired to perform domestic services at defendants’ home and slipped on a piece of wrapping paper that was left on the stairs).