BROWN v. DHRS

Nos. 96-297, 96-298.

690 So.2d 641 (1997)

Sara BROWN, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee. Amber G'SELL, et al., Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Harvey Tipler, The Tipler Law Firm, Fort Walton Beach, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General; Wendy S. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WOLF, Judge.

This is an appeal from final judgments dismissing negligence claims against the State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). We find that the trial court properly dismissed the claims based on sovereign immunity where HRS owed no statutory or common-law duty to the plaintiffs.

The complaints allege the following facts. In early 1990, Debra and Joseph Acosta made informal application with HRS for a child day-care license. A preliminary...

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