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STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. EADES

No. 79-1046.

383 So.2d 973 (1980)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. William EADES and Cheryl Eades, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernis & Bowling and Richard N. Blank, Miami, for appellant.

Headley & Headley, Daniels & Hicks and Sam Daniels, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ., and EZELL, BOYCE F., JR., (Ret.), Associate Judge.

BARKDULL, Judge.

We affirm a final judgment rendered on a jury verdict for a police officer, who was injured when he fell through a drainage grading on the shoulder of a public roadway owned by the State of Florida, Department of Transportation, while writing an accident report.

A review of authorities in Florida pertaining to governmental liability for injuries to persons on a public right-of-way reveals none pertaining to liability of the State. It would...

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