REED v. MIMS

No. 97-1048.

711 So.2d 169 (1998)

Louis REED, Jr., Appellant, v. Sharon MIMS and the AeroThrust Corporation of Miami, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Reed, Jr., in proper person.

Rex B. Guthrie, Miami, for appellees.

Before JORGENSON, COPE and SORONDO, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

Louis Reed, Jr., an indigent prisoner, appeals an order dismissing his civil action as legally insufficient under section 57.085, Florida Statutes (Supp.1996). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

In 1996, the Legislature enacted section 57.085, Florida Statutes, which was designed to address a perceived problem of frivolous lawsuits filed by indigent prison inmates. See ch. 96-106, at 92, Laws of Fla. Existing Florida law...

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