CITY OF MIAMI v. VALDEZ

No. 3D02-2305.

847 So.2d 1005 (2003)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. Marcos VALDEZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing, Rehearing and Certification Denied June 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney and Christropher A. Green and Mimi V. Turin, Assistant City Attorneys, for appellant.

Robert Rossano, Miami, for appellee.

Before COPE and WELLS, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.


Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc and Certification Denied June 11, 2003.

WELLS, Judge.

The City of Miami appeals from a final judgment ordering it to pay $100,000 to Marcos Valdez pursuant to section 768.28, Florida Statutes (2002).

On December 6, 1996, Valdez and his passenger, Oscar Ortiz, were injured in an automobile accident with a City of Miami police car. Ortiz filed suit against the City in 1997 for injuries sustained in the accident and obtained...

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