SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. SCHINNELLER

No. 4D15-1704.

197 So.3d 1216 (2016)

SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. Delores SCHINNELLER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Kirschner and Mark D. Schellhase of Gray Robinson, P.A., Boca Raton, and Jeffrey T. Kuntz of Gray Robinson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Jonathan J. Luca of Muench & Luca, PLLC, Jacksonville, for respondent.


The Seminole Tribe of Florida ("tribe") appeals an order denying its motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity. It argues the trial court erred in failing to grant its motion to dismiss as a matter of law. We agree. We treat this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari, and grant the petition.

The plaintiff filed a complaint...

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