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ROBERTS v. JAMES

No. 83-1360.

447 So.2d 947 (1984)

William ROBERTS, As Former Sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, Appellant, v. Henry JAMES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfried H. Florin, Asst. County Atty., Clearwater, for appellant.

Barry M. Salzman of Chambers & Salzman, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant, a former sheriff of Pinellas County, appeals a final judgment following a jury verdict awarding appellee, a former inmate of the Pinellas County jail system, $34,500 as a result of an accidental injury inflicted by a fellow inmate. Appellee's injury consisted of having the little finger on his right hand cut off with a pair of pruning shears. We reverse.

Appellant raises three points on appeal:

I. WHETHER APPELLEE PRESENTED...

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