DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. McGHEE

No. 93-3757.

653 So.2d 1091 (1995)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. Linda McGHEE, Appellee/Cross Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Laura Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant/cross appellee.

Jack W. Shaw, Jr. of Osborne, McNatt, Shaw, O'Hara, Brown & Obringer, P.A., Jacksonville, for Florida Defense Lawyers Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Louis K. Rosenbloum and Virginia M. Buchanan of Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, P.A., Pensacola, Dawn Wiggins Hare of Hare and Hare, Monroeville, AL, for appellee/cross appellant.

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


WOLF, Judge.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) appeals from a final judgment awarding damages in a negligence action in favor of Linda McGhee (appellee). The appellant raises four issues on appeal; appellee filed a cross appeal which raises one issue. As a result of our disposition, it is only necessary for us to rule on two issues raised by appellant: (1) Whether the trial court erred in determining that the law of Florida rather than the law of Mississippi applied...

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