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BURNETT v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 85635.

666 So.2d 882 (1996)

Carrie Marie BURNETT, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Laura Rush, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Loren E. Levy of the Law Offices of Larry E. Levy, Tallahassee, Amicus Curiae for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

PER CURIAM.

We have for review the following question passed upon by the First District Court of Appeal and certified to be of great public importance:

WHETHER THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAY BE HELD LIABLE AS A RESULT OF THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF AN ESCAPED PRISONER?

Department of Corrections v. Burnett, 653 So.2d 1102, 1102 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We...

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