SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR v. JOSEPH

No. 4D17-2816.

256 So.3d 875 (2018)

SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR AND PALM BEACH COUNTY EXPOSITIONS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Widley JOSEPH, Individually, and as Parent & Natural Guardian of J.J. and J.J., his minor children, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Conigliaro of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, and M. Derek Harris of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Marwan E. Porter of The Porter Law Firm, LLC, Stuart, for appellee.


The South Florida Fair and Palm Beach Expositions, Inc. ("South Florida Fair") appeals the circuit court's order denying its motion for summary judgment and, as a result, denying it limited sovereign immunity. We conclude that the South Florida Fair is entitled to limited sovereign immunity. Thus, we reverse the court's order.

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