SAM W. KLEINFELD, ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1979-08-21
No. 77-2140
Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and PEARSON and KEHOE, JJ.
374 So. 2d 634 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1979)

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Holding

The court held that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment based on sovereign immunity, as recent Supreme Court precedent dictates reversal.


Facts & Procedural History

Defendants sued the County for roadway maintenance and warning failures. The trial court granted summary judgment for the County based on sovereign im…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a summary final judgment for Metropolitan Dade County upon the basis of sovereign immunity. The judgment was upon the defendants’ third party complaint against the County for failure to properly maintain and repair a roadway and failure to warn of a dangerous condition. The trial judge relied upon this court’s decision in Cheney v. Dade County, 353 So. 2d 623 (Fla.3d DCA 1977), quashed by the Supreme Court of Florida in Com mercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River County, 371 So. 2d 1010 (Fla.1979).1

The Supreme Court’s decision in Cheney v. Dade County and the companion case of Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River County dictate reversal of the summary judgment appealed.

Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.

Reversed and remanded.

. Both parties having filed briefs prior to the release of the Supreme Court’s opinion in Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River County, 371 So. 2d 1010 (Fla.1979) this court requested additional briefs in light of that decision. The appellant has filed supplemental brief; the County has not.


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