RICHARDS v. RICHARDS

No. 91-1309.

599 So.2d 135 (1992)

Chauna Jo RICHARDS, etc., Appellant, v. Buddy Joe RICHARDS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Scott Bates of Morgan, Colling & Gilbert, P.A., and S. Joseph Piazza of S. Joseph Piazza, LL.M., P.A., Orlando, and Fred S. Pflaum of Pflaum, Dannheisser & Wallace, P.A., Sarasota, for appellant.

Edwin C. Cluster and James E. Collins of Ayres, Cluster, Curry, McCall & Briggs, P.A., Ocala, and Chandler R. Muller of Muller, Kirkconnell, Lindsey and Snure, P.A., Winter Park, for appellee.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 1, 1992.

COBB, Judge.

This is an appeal of the trial court's dismissal with prejudice of a complaint filed by a minor child (C.J.) against her father alleging damages resulting from sexual assaults. The legal issue is whether parental immunity bars suit by a child for damages resulting from her father's intentional tortious acts.

The appellant cites three significant Florida Supreme Court cases decided within...

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