Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Decided January 25, 1979. James E. Alderman wrote the opinion for the court.

372 So. 2d 420 · Cited 135 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Clark v. Walton · 347 So. 2d 670
• Wait v. Florida Power & Light Co. · 353 So. 2d 1265
• Benyard v. Wainwright · 322 So. 2d 473
• Wisher v. News-Press Publishing Co. · 310 So. 2d 345

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Henderson v. State · 745 So. 2d 319
• City of Tampa v. Titan Southeast Construction Corp. · 535 F. Supp. 163
• Roberts v. NEWS-PRESS PUB. CO. INC. · 409 So. 2d 1089
• Rose v. D'ALESSANDRO · 380 So. 2d 419
• Orange County v. Florida Land Co. · 450 So. 2d 341
• Gadd v. NEWS-PRESS PUB. CO., INC · 412 So. 2d 894
• Hillsborough Cty. Aviation Auth. v. Azzarelli Const. Co. · 436 So. 2d 153
• Tribune Co. v. Cannella · 458 So. 2d 1075
• City of Williston v. Roadlander · 425 So. 2d 1175
• Barfield v. City of Fort Lauderdale Police Department · 639 So. 2d 1012
• Barfield v. FT. LAUDERDALE POLICE DEPT. · 639 So. 2d 1012
• Tampa Television, Inc. v. Dugger · 559 So. 2d 397
• Douglas v. Michel · 410 So. 2d 936
• News-Press Publishing Co. v. Sapp · 464 So. 2d 1335
• Bludworth v. Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. · 476 So. 2d 775
• Carter v. City of Stuart · 468 So. 2d 955
• Florida Freedom Newspapers v. McCrary · 520 So. 2d 32
• Satz v. Blankenship · 407 So. 2d 396
• Times Pub. Co. v. City of St. Petersburg · 558 So. 2d 487
• Post-Newsweek Stations v. Doe · 612 So. 2d 549
• Pfeiffer v. City of Tampa · 470 So. 2d 10
• News-Press Publishing Co., Inc. v. Gadd · 388 So. 2d 276
• Woolling v. Lámar · 764 So. 2d 765
• Wagner v. Orange County · 960 So. 2d 785
• STATE, DHRS v. Southpointe Pharmacy · 636 So. 2d 1377

Explore from here

James E. Alderman’s Judicial Record · Fla. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).