DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. WILLIAMS

No. 88-885.

549 So.2d 1071 (1989)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. Hank Jady WILLIAMS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.A. Rigdon, Jr. of Haas, Boehm, Brown, Rigdon, Seacrest & Fischer, P.A., Cocoa, for appellant.

Sammy Cacciatore of Nance, Cacciatore, Sisserson & Duryea, Melbourne, for appellee.


ORFINGER, Judge, Retired.

The State of Florida, Department of Corrections (DOC) appeals the final judgment entered against it and in favor of appellee Williams. We affirm, having carefully considered the issues raised by DOC but finding nothing in the record which compels reversal of the judgment. One issue, however, is worthy of discussion.

Williams was an inmate in the state-operated Brevard Correctional Institute and was severely injured when a tractor...

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