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CHAPMAN v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV.

No. 86-1867.

517 So.2d 104 (1987)

Joe Allen CHAPMAN and Bonne Chapman, Appellants, v. The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Wolfe & Bolotin and Sharon Wolfe, Freidin & Hirsh, Miami, for appellants.

Broad and Cassel and Douglas A. Willis and Jeffrey F. Gordon, West Palm Beach; Sparber, Shevin, Shapo & Heilbronner and Marsha C. Rosen, Robert A. Ginsburg, Co. Atty., and Roy Wood, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff Chapman, invoking both the Federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and state law, sued the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services of the State of Florida and Janet Reno, the state attorney whose office acted as HRS's lawyer in proceedings to secure past due child support from him. Chapman sought money damages on the ground that both defendants had acted wrongfully in proceeding against him in a contempt action...

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