FLORIDA DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. ALLEN

No. 4D99-3259.

768 So.2d 496 (2000)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Russell ALLEN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy D. Shield of Amy D. Shield, P.A., Boca Raton, and Walter J. Postula, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Julie H. Littky-Rubin of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, L.L.P., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The Appellant, the Department of Transportation ("DOT"), appeals a final judgment entered in favor of the Appellee. The DOT raises four issues on appeal. However, because the DOT's first issue is dispositive, we address only the trial court's error in denying the DOT's motion for summary judgment based on sovereign immunity. We conclude that sovereign immunity applies, insulating the DOT from liability, and therefore, we reverse and remand.

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