DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. KONNEY

Nos. 75180, 75241.

587 So.2d 1292 (1991)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. Loretta KONNEY, etc., et al., Respondents. PALM BEACH COUNTY, Petitioner, v. Loretta KONNEY, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Davis, of Davis Hoy Carroll & Isaacs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner, State of Florida Dept. of Transp.

Christopher D. Mauriello, Asst. County Atty., West Palm Beach, for petitioner, Palm Beach County.

Richard L. Martens and Fletcher N. Baldwin, III of Boose Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens McBane & O'Connell, West Palm Beach, for respondents.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Franz Eric Dorn, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for The Office of Atty. Gen.

Susan H. Churuti, County Atty., Clearwater, amicus curiae for Pinellas County.

John J. Copelan, Jr., County Atty., Alexander Cocalis, Chief Trial Counsel and Stephanie W. Werner, Asst. County Atty., Fort Lauderdale, amicus curiae for Broward County.

Robert R. Warchola, Asst. County Atty., Tampa, amicus curiae for Hillsborough County.

Charlene V. Edwards, Asst. City Atty., Tampa, amicus curiae for City of Tampa.

V. Lynn Whitfield, West Palm Beach, amicus curiae for City of West Palm Beach.

Phillip C. Gildan of Nason, Gildan, Yeager, Gerson & White, P.A., West Palm Beach, amicus curiae for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review State, Department of Transportation v. Konney, 551 So.2d 613 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal held that, in a claim against the State of Florida, Department of Transportation (State) and Palm Beach County (County) for damages resulting from an accident at the intersection of a county and a state road, the trial court could properly admit "evidence showing...

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