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TOMLINSON v. ORANGE COUNTY, FLA.

No. 85-3730 Non-Argument Calendar.

785 F.2d 933 (1986)

James TOMLINSON, Naomi Tomlinson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanna NeSmith-Rosner, Atty., Thomasville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Pitts, Eubanks, Hannah, Hilyard & Marsee, P.A., Jeffrey G. Slater, Orlando, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs brought this diversity suit to recover damages for injuries sustained when plaintiff James Tomlinson's truck dropped into a pothole in a road under the alleged care and control of defendant county. The district court granted defendant's motion for a directed verdict, holding that plaintiffs had failed to meet the "threshold" requirement of Fla.Stat., § 627.737(2) (1984)1 because they had not produced...

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