PAN-AM TOBACCO v. STATE, DEPT. OF CORREC.

No. AK-30.

425 So.2d 1167 (1983)

PAN-AM TOBACCO Corporation, D/B/a Pan-Am Vend-Tronics, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Schwarzberg of Smith & Mandler, P.A., Miami Beach, for appellant.

James A. Peters, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Kenneth McLaughlin, Certified Legal Intern, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civ. Div., Tallahassee, for appellee.


LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court granting the Department's motion for summary judgment on the grounds that sovereign immunity bars recovery by Pan-Am Tobacco Corporation (Pan-Am) for breach of contract as a matter of law. We affirm.

Early in 1978, Pan-Am entered into six identical vending machine contracts with six correctional centers under the jurisdiction of the Department. The contracts were each for a period...

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