SPANGLER v. FLORIDA STATE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY


106 So.2d 421 (1958)

A.J. SPANGLER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, a corporation, Appellee. Roy ATKINS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, a corporation, Appellee. Jessie P. LOTT, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Levin and George L. Knight, Miami, for appellants.

Brown, Dean, Adams & Fischer, Miami, for appellee.


THORNAL, Justice.

The three appellants, who were plaintiffs below, seek reversal of a final judgment dismissing their complaints in actions for damages resulting from the alleged negligence of the appellee Florida State Turnpike Authority.

We are called upon to determine whether the appellee Turnpike Authority is a state agency and, if so, whether it is subject to liability for damages in tort.

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