ST. DHRS, DIST. 10 v. MIAMI HERALD

No. 85-1348.

479 So.2d 158 (1985)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DISTRICT 10, and John L. Stokesberry, District 10 Administrator, Appellants, v. The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, A DIVISION OF KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Dan Ray, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Certification Denied December 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Adams and Steve Huss, Deputy Gen. Counsels, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Wilton L. Strickland and Ricki Tannen of Ferrero, Middlebrooks, Strickland and Fischer, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee, News and Sun-Sentinel Co.

Sanford L. Bohrer, Jerold I. Budney, and Laura G. Pula, Miami, for appellees, The Miami Herald Pub. Co. and Dan Ray.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the final judgment granting a writ of mandamus ordering the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to permit The Miami Herald Publishing Company to inspect certain child abuse investigation records.

Section 415.51, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1984), provides in part:

415.51. Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect (1) In order to protect...

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