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CIRCUIT COURT, ETC. v. DEPT. OF NAT. RESOURCES

No. 47873.

339 So.2d 1113 (1976)

CIRCUIT COURT OF TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, and the Honorable Evelyn Gobbie, As Circuit Judge Thereof, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES of the State of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Eugene Jones, of Ginsburg & Byrd, Sarasota, for appellant.

Jack W. Pierce, General Counsel, Dept. of Natural Resources, Tallahassee, Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Thomas A. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

SUNDBERG, Justice.

This case appears before us as the result of a tragic mishap which occurred in Oscar Scherer State Park in Sarasota, Florida. On August 16, 1973, sixteen-year-old Sharon Holmes, having paid an entrance fee, was swimming in a man-made lake located in the park when she was attacked, bitten and killed by an alligator.

Mr. and Mrs. Burton Holmes, as Sharon's parents and personal representatives, brought suit against the Florida Department of...

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