STATE DEPT. OF H.R.S v. LEE

Nos. 93-1350, 93-1411.

665 So.2d 304 (1995)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Levada LEE, Individually and as Mother and Legal Guardian of D.L., Incompetent, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Rush, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee; Kimberly J. Tucker, General Counsel, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Tallahassee; and Edwin R. Hudson of Henry, Buchanan, Mick, Hudson & Suber, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Dean R. LeBoeuf and Rhonda S. Bennett of Brooks & LeBoeuf, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from a final judgment entered on a jury verdict against the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (hereinafter "HRS") for damages arising from its alleged negligent supervision of D.L., a resident of Sunland-Marianna who became pregnant while in HRS' care.

The facts are essentially undisputed. D.L., a 40-year-old severely retarded woman, gave birth to a normal...

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