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RUFF v. WELLS

No. 86-1356.

504 So.2d 16 (1987)

Victoria Lynn RUFF, Appellant, v. C.B. WELLS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Clarification Denied March 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Plews, Bradenton, for appellant.

Ronald A. Labasky of Parker, Skelding, Costigan, McVoy & Labasky, Tallahassee, for appellee.

LEHAN, Judge.

We reverse the trial court's order dismissing codefendant Charles B. Wells, Sheriff of Manatee County, from this suit which was brought against the sheriff in his official capacity and was based upon alleged acts of a deputy sheriff.

Citing Parker v. Robertson, 360 So.2d 785 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978), as authority for the dismissal, the trial court apparently concluded that since Wells was not the Sheriff of...

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