SOUTHERN ROADBUILDERS v. LEE CTY.

No. 85-2554.

495 So.2d 189 (1986)

SOUTHERN ROADBUILDERS, INC. Appellant, v. LEE COUNTY, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Donald and Gregory E. White of Pavese, Shields, Garner, Haverfield, Dalton & Harrison, Fort Myers, for appellant.

Sylvia H. Walbolt, J. Brent Walker, and Donald E. Hemke of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.

Henry P. Trawick, Jr. of Trawick, Griffis, Hammersley & Valentine, P.A., Sarasota, amicus curiae.


HALL, Judge.

Southern Roadbuilders, Inc., appeals the trial court's application of sovereign immunity to bar its action in contract against Lee County. We affirm.

The facts are essentially undisputed by either party and involve a 5.2 million dollar written contract for appellant's construction of air carrier aprons, fueling systems, airfield lighting, and service roads for the Southwest Florida Regional Airport in...

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