POLK COUNTY v. SOFKA

No. 2D00-2723.

803 So.2d 751 (2001)

POLK COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Donna M. SOFKA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hank B. Campbell of Gray Harris Robinson Lane Trohn, Lakeland, and Christine C. Daly of Bradley Johnson Law Firm, P.A., Lake Wales, for Appellant.

John W. Frost, II and Robert J. Aranda of Frost & Saunders, P.A., Bartow, for Appellee.

Leonard Berger, Assistant County Attorney, West Palm Beach, for Palm Beach County, Amicus Curiae.


THREADGILL, Acting Chief Judge.

Polk County, defendant in an action for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident at an intersection, appeals from a stipulated final judgment, raising issues that were reserved in the underlying settlement agreement. The County argues that the trial court erred in failing to recognize the County's sovereign immunity and that the plaintiff failed to establish that the County's action or inaction was a proximate cause of...

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