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STATE, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. ROMERO

No. 87-900.

524 So.2d 1032 (1988)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Michael ROMERO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

On Motion for Rehearing May 19, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Bartlett of Black, Crotty, Sims, Hubka, Burnett & Samuels, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Nicholas M. Matassini, Tampa, for appellee.

COBB, Judge.

Appellee, Michael Romero, while an inmate at the Brevard Correctional Institution, was injured when he fell from the seat of a mowing tractor he was driving as part of a prison work detail. The tractor, travelling approximately 10 miles per hour, rolled over Romero, severely injuring his back. Romero sued the State of Florida, Department of Corrections (DOC), claiming it was negligent in not providing the tractor with a seatbelt.1

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