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PAYNE v. BROWARD COUNTY

No. 64419.

461 So.2d 63 (1984)

James H. PAYNE, Etc., et al., Petitioners, v. BROWARD COUNTY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krathen & Sperry, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Hoffmann & Burris, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Susan F. Delegal, Gen. Counsel and John Franklin Wade, Asst. Gen. Counsel for Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents.

Edna L. Caruso, West Palm Beach, Florida, amicus curiae for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

EHRLICH, Justice.

This case is before us for review of three questions certified to be of great public importance. Broward County v. Payne, 437 So.2d 719 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

Seventeen-year-old Allison Payne was fatally injured October 24, 1978, as she tried to cross Rock Island Road walking home from school. Rock Island Road was a twolane road extending north...

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