LAYTON v. DEPT. OF HWY SAFETY & MOTOR VEH.

No. 94-285.

676 So.2d 1038 (1996)

Nancy Ann LAYTON, Appellant, v. The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY & MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Albert Bacharach, Jr., Gainesville, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; William Peter Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


VAN NORTWICK, Judge.

Appellant, Nancy Ann Layton, seeks reversal of an order dismissing her amended complaint with prejudice. Layton sought damages against the appellee, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), for its negligence in failing to keep accurate records which led to her wrongful arrest for driving with a suspended driver's license. Because under Florida law DHSMV has no common law or statutory duty to Layton to maintain accurate...

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