DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERVS. v. YAMUNI

No. 69602.

529 So.2d 258 (1988)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. Stella YAMUNI, As Adoptive Mother, Next Friend and Guardian of Sean Yamuni a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan S. Buckley and Douglas H. Stein of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for petitioner.

Ralph O. Anderson of Daniels & Hicks, P.A., Miami, and George, Hartz & Lundeen, P.A., Miami, for respondent.


SHAW, Justice.

We review State of Florida, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services v. Yamuni, 498 So.2d 441 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986), to answer a certified question of great public importance.

Has the State of Florida, pursuant to section 768.28, Florida Statutes (1983), waived sovereign immunity for liability arising out of the negligent conduct of an HRS case worker?

Id. at 444. We have jurisdiction...

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