PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE CTY. v. STATE

No. 93-306.

629 So.2d 189 (1993)

The PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST OF DADE COUNTY, Florida, etc., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT of MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DIVISION of STATE EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayt, Hayt & Landau and Robert J. Orovitz and Virginia B. Chosed, Miami, for appellant.

Augustus D. Aikens, Jr., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

We reverse the determination below that the state, acting through its Division of State Employees' Insurance, is not obligated for prejudgment interest on the claim for hospital expenses for which we held it liable in Public Health Trust v. State Dep't of Management Servs., 605 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992).

The state's asserted defense of sovereign immunity does not bar recovery of prejudgment...

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