LEWIS v. EDWARDS

No. 4D99-1180.

815 So.2d 656 (2002)

Eric Russell LEWIS and Mary Loughran Lewis, his wife, Appellants, v. James C. EDWARDS, The Seminole Department of Law Enforcement and Robert Epstein, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley B. Gelb and Richard J. Roselli of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Roselli, Buser, Slama, Hancock, McNelis, Liberman & McKee, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Donald A. Orlovsky of Kamen & Orlovsky, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees The Seminole Department of Law Enforcement and Robert Epstein.


SHAHOOD, J.

Appellants, Eric Russell Lewis and Mary Loughran Lewis (the Lewises) were injured when the car in which they were riding was struck by a vehicle which was being chased by appellee, Officer Robert Epstein (Epstein). Epstein was employed by appellee, The Seminole Department of Law Enforcement (SDLE). The Lewises' filed suit against Epstein and SDLE; the complaint was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, based on the doctrine of sovereign immunity...

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