HARRISON v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. UU-294.

419 So.2d 640 (1982)

John Frederick HARRISON, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Frederick Coley Harrison, Deceased, Appellant, v. ESCAMBIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Owen, of McClure, Wigginton, Owen & Maynard, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert W. Kievit, Pensacola, for appellee.


LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether sovereign immunity bars appellant's negligence action against the School Board. The trial judge ruled that it did, and dismissed appellant's complaint seeking damages for the death of his eleven-year old child who was struck by an automobile while enroute to catch a school bus at an allegedly negligently located school bus stop. Appellant maintains that this ruling was in error under the holding of Commercial...

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