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MILLS v. DUGGAR

No. 91-1641.

601 So.2d 634 (1992)

Allison MILLS, Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGAR, as secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, Richard P. Wille, as sheriff of Palm Beach County, R & R Security Transportation, Inc., a Florida corporation, Transcor America, Inc., a foreign corporation, and Blaine Panno, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Farish, Jr., of Farish, Farish & Romani, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

James C. Barry of Adams, Coogler, Watson & Merkel, P.A., and Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee-Richard P. Wille, as Sheriff of Palm Beach County.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. We agree with the appellee sheriff that the appellant has failed to demonstrate the existence of a specific legal duty to the appellant, so as to give rise to a cause of action against the sheriff.

In her complaint, appellant alleged that she was the victim of a brutal assault by a man recently released from prison. Previously, the man had escaped and committed a sexual battery in Palm Beach County. The sheriff arrested the escaped prisoner...

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