HANCOCK v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 90-2215.

585 So.2d 1068 (1991)

Peter HANCOCK, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay B. Rood, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Franz Eric Dorn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Judge.

Peter Hancock appeals a final judgment granting the Department's motion for summary judgment in his action for personal injuries. We reverse.

Drawing all inferences most favorably for Hancock as the party moved against, the record reveals the following facts. Hancock is an inmate at Lawtey Correctional Institute, and was injured while descending a stairway at the institution's sewer treatment plant where he worked. Hancock's assigned tasks at...

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