PEARCE EX REL. PEARCE v. STATE, D.O.T.

No. BJ-73.

494 So.2d 264 (1986)

Hawser PEARCE, a Minor, By and Through His Parents, Natural Guardians and Next Friends, Donn Pearce, His Father, and Christine Pearce, His Mother, Etc., et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald F. Shapiro of Martin J. Sperry, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for appellants.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Thomas H. Bateman, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Appellants seek reversal of a final summary judgment rendered in favor of appellee, State of Florida, Department of Transportation (DOT). The action below was for damages received by Pearce when the car in which he was a passenger collided with a drawbridge operated by the DOT. The accident occurred when the driver of the automobile in which the minor plaintiff was riding ignored warning signals and attempted to drive the vehicle across the opening drawbridge...

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