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WEST v. WEST

No. 57305.

414 So.2d 189 (1982)

Virginia WEST, Petitioner, v. Richard B. WEST, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Langley, Clermont, for petitioner.

Arthur E. Roberts, Groveland, for respondent.

Elizabeth S. Baker, Miami, for Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.

Patricia Ireland, Miami, and Julia Dawson, North Miami, for Nat. Organization for Women in Florida and Florida Now.

Judith Bass, Miami, for Florida Ass'n of Women Lawyers.

Frances M. Farina, Miami Shores, for Florida Women's Political Caucus.

Roberta Fox of Gold & Fox, Coral Gables, H. Jack Klingensmith of Kuvin, Klingensmith & Lewis, South Miami, and Spencer Fox, Miami, for Cassandra Newby.

Bruce Rogow, Fort Lauderdale, for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida.

H. Jack Klingensmith of Kuvin, Klingensmith and Lewis, and Spencer Fox, Miami, for Dade County Advocate for Victims, Miami, and Forum, University of Miami, School of Law, Coral Gables, on brief for amicus curiae.

OVERTON, Judge.

Petitioner, Virginia West, sued her former husband, Richard B. West, alleging that during their marriage the husband intentionally injured her by throwing her to the floor, causing a triple fracture of her left ankle. The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a cause of action on the ground of interspousal tort immunity. She appealed to the Second District Court of Appeal which affirmed...

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