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DEPARTMENT H.R.S. v. B.J.M.

No. 83067.

656 So.2d 906 (1995)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. B.J.M., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Tucker, Gen. Counsel and Charles T. Collette, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Office of HRS, Tallahassee, Helen Ann Hauser of Dittmar & Hauser, Coconut Grove, and Morton Laitner, HRS Dist. XI Legal Counsel, Miami, for petitioner.

Christina A. Zawisza, Children First Project, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., and Roy D. Wasson, Miami, for respondent.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Wendy S. Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, amicus curiae for the State.

ANSTEAD, Justice.

We have for review the following question certified by the Third District Court of Appeal to be of great public importance:

WHETHER AN ADJUDICATED DEPENDENT JUVENILE MAY MAINTAIN AN ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE CLAIM AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES FOR THE LATTER'S ALLEGED FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE JUVENILE WITH SERVICES?

B.J.M. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 627 So...

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