FLANAGAN v. STATE

No. 87-2861.

532 So.2d 714 (1988)

Wayne T. FLANAGAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Rena O'Dell Flanagan, Deceased, and Wayne T. Flanagan, Individually, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the State of Florida, and Traflite Industries, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Matthews, Tampa, for appellant.

Richard A. Nielsen of Salem, Saxon & Nielsen, P.A., Tampa, for appellee State of Fla. Dept. of Transp.

Wayne J. Tosko of Neilson and Associates, Tampa, for appellee Traflite Industries, Inc.


THREADGILL, Judge.

Wayne T. Flanagan, individually, and as personal representative of the estate of Rena O'Dell Flanagan, deceased, appeals a final summary judgment holding that the language in a general release clause was sufficient to release the appellees, Florida Department of Transportation, a state agency, and Traflite Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation, as unnamed joint tort-feasors. We reverse.

This wrongful death action arose from an accident...

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