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KNOWLES v. HENNELLY

No. 4D00-2133.

793 So.2d 1063 (2001)

Robert KNOWLES, Sheriff of St. Lucie County Sheriff's Department, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Ann HENNELLY and William Hennelly, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Jolly and Alexis M. Yarbrough of Purdy, Jolly & Giuffreda, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Grossman Roth & Partridge, Sarasota, and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for appellees/cross-appellants.

STONE, J.

We affirm a final judgment entered against Sheriff Robert Knowles for damages sustained when the car occupied by Ann and William Hennelly was struck by a vehicle being pursued by a sheriffs deputy.

The testimony established that on a clear, dry, and sunny Saturday morning, sheriffs deputies set up a radar check on a stretch of Old Dixie Highway. A car driven by James Parker was clocked at 58 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone. One of the deputies...

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