1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 814 So.2d
  5. 814 So.2d 370 (2002)
 

DOE v. EVANS

No. SC94450.

814 So.2d 370 (2002)

Jane DOE, Petitioner, v. William Dunbar EVANS, III; Church of the Holy Redeemer, Inc.; the Diocese of Southeast Florida; and Calvin O. Schofield, Jr., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Campbell of The Roberts Law Firm, P.A.; and Randy D. Ellison, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Thomas E. Ice of Barwick, Dillian, Lambert & Ice, P.A., Miami, FL; and David S. Rutherford and Christopher Renzulli of Renzulli & Rutherford, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Respondents.

James F. Gilbride and Hetal H. Desai of Gilbride, Heller & Brown, P.A., Miami, FL; J. Patrick Fitzgerald, General Counsel for Archdiocese of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; and George Meros of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Tallahassee, FL, for Archbishop John C. Favalora, as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami and as President of the Florida Catholic Conference and J. Lloyd Knox, Presiding Bishop of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Amici Curiae.

May L. Cain and William J. Snihur, Jr. of Cain & Snihur, North Miami Beach, FL, for Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II, Amicus Curiae.

Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.

Peter A. Miller of Conroy, Simberg & Ganon, P.A., Coral Gables, Florida, and Robert S. Glazier of the Law Offices of Robert S. Glazier, Miami, FL, for Miami Shores Presbyterian Church, Amicus Curiae.

PARIENTE, J.

We have for review Doe v. Evans, 718 So.2d 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), a decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal that expressly construes the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

The issue presented in this case is whether the First Amendment bars claims for negligent hiring and supervision and breach of fiduciary...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases