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SARASOTA COUNTY v. BUTLER

No. 84-2532.

476 So.2d 216 (1985)

SARASOTA COUNTY, Florida, a Corporate Body Politic, Appellant, v. Margaret E. BUTLER, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry Lee Sanders, a Minor, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Widman of Nelson, Hesse, Cyril, Smith, Widman & Herb, Sarasota, for appellant.

John P. Graves, Jr. of John P. Graves, Jr., Chartered, Sarasota, for appellee.

FRANK, Judge.

Sarasota County, Florida, has appealed from a jury verdict awarding $87,500 to the appellee, Margaret Butler, as a result of the drowning death of her 9 year old son at the South Lido Beach located in that county. It urges five points on appeal. The question we have resolved makes it unnecessary to reach the remaining four. We reverse on the ground that the record in this matter discloses that Sarasota County is insulated from liability under the doctrine...

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