SCOTT v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 1D97-211.

752 So.2d 30 (2000)

Charles "Chuck" Seth SCOTT and Linda Scott, individually and as parents and natural guardians of Leilania Scott, Linsey Scott, and Seth Scott, Appellants, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Green, II, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

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


VAN NORTWICK, J.

Charles and Linda Scott challenge a final judgment dismissing with prejudice the second amended complaint in their tort action against the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT), which arose out of an accident in which the Scotts' vehicle struck a concrete traffic signal pole installed by DOT. Because we agree with the trial court that, under the allegations of the instant complaint, sovereign immunity bars the appellants' causes of action, we...

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