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DEPT. OF PROFESSIONAL REG. v. BAGGETT

No. 88-551.

535 So.2d 319 (1988)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Thomas A. BAGGETT and Board of Pilot Commissioners, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Reynolds Sampson, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Margaret D. Mathews and C. Steven Yerrid of Stagg, Hardy & Yerrid, P.A., Tampa, for appellee/cross-appellant.

BARFIELD, Judge.

The Department of Professional Regulation appeals a final order of the Board of Pilot Commissioners which rejected a hearing officer's recommended order finding Captain Thomas Baggett negligent in piloting the M/V SCANDINAVIAN STAR, causing the vessel to run aground. We reverse the Board's final order because the record adequately supports the hearing officer's findings. We hold that the Board improperly substituted its own judgment for that of the...

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