FLORIDA DHRS v. S.A.P.

No. SC00-105.

835 So.2d 1091 (2002)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Petitioner, v. S.A.P., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Jay C. Howell of Anderson & Howell, Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.

Thomas E. Warner, Solicitor General, and T. Kent Wetherell, II, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.


SHAW, J.

We have for review S.A.P. v. State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, 704 So.2d 583 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), wherein the district court certified the following question in an unpublished order:

Can the doctrine of fraudulent concealment apply to toll the statute of limitations in a negligence action?

We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We answer as explained...

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