BETHANY EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH OF MIAMI, FLA., INC. v. CALANDRA

Nos. 3D08-1171, 3D08-1172.

994 So.2d 478 (2008)

BETHANY EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Donna J. CALANDRA, etc., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Miller, Coral Gables; Robert S. Glazier, Miami; Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Michael A. Sastre, and Russell M. Pfeifer, Miami, for petitioners.

Freud, Schwartz & Nunez, Michael J. Schwartz; Nuell & Posky, Stephen S. Nuell, Miami, for respondents.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and RAMIREZ, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


GERSTEN, C.J.

Bethany Evangelical Covenant Church of Miami, Florida ("local church"), the Southeast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, Inc., ("regional church"), and Evangelical Covenant Church, Inc., ("national church") (or collectively "church entities") seek certiorari review of an order severing claims based on respondeat superior and negligent hiring and retention. We grant the petition and reverse.

Donna Calandra ("Calandra") filed...

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