MILANESE v. CITY OF BOCA RATON

No. 4D09-5247.

84 So.3d 339 (2012)

Peter MILANESE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher Milanese, Appellant, v. CITY OF BOCA RATON, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Green of James K. Green, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Matthew H. Mandel , Jamie A. Cole and Laura K. Wendell of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


GERBER, J.

We grant the appellee's motion for rehearing en banc. We withdraw our opinion issued July 20, 2011, and substitute the following opinion.

The issue in this appeal is whether the police, upon legally releasing an impaired person from custody at a police station or jail, thereafter owe a duty of care to that person when the police have not created any risk which that person may face upon release. We hold that the police do not owe a duty of care under...

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