JETTON v. JACKSONVILLE ELEC. AUTH.

No. VV-212.

399 So.2d 396 (1981)

Jerry JETTON, Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE ELECTRIC AUTHORITY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Cowles and James R. Barfield, of Cowles, Coker & Myers, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Dawson A. McQuaig, Gen. Counsel, and William Lee Allen, Asst. Gen. Counsel, City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, for appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

Jetton, injured when building materials he was carrying touched a JEA electrical transmission line, appeals a circuit court decision that Section 768.28(5), Florida Statutes (1977), constitutionally imposes a monetary limit on governmental tort liability. Appellant argues that the statute violates constitutional guaranties of redress for injury,1 equal protection,2 and due process...

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