RIVAS V. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed March 28, 2018. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ Nos. 3D17-1492 Lower Tribunal No. 14-24101 ________________ Claudia Rivas, Appellant, vs. Miami-Dade County, et al., Appellees. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Eric William Hendon, Judge. M. Gabriela Palacios, for appellant. Abigail Price-Williams, Miami-Dade County Attorney and Sabrina Levin, Assistant County Attorney, for appellees. Before SALTER, SCALES and LINDSEY, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. Miami-Dade County v. Herndon, 776 So. 2d So. 2d 360 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001); Grier v. Metropolitan Dade County, 660 So. 2d 273, 275 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). See also Vermeulen v. Worldwide Holidays, Inc., 922 So. 2d 271, 273 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (“The mere happening of an accident does not give rise to an inference of negligence.”). 2

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