SANDRA BERGMANN, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PAUL R. BERGMANN, APPELLANT,
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AND WILLIE B. WYNN, INDIVIDUALLY, APPELLEES
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The court held that a claim against FDOT for failing to correct or warn of a known hazardous condition on a roadway is not precluded by sovereign immunity.
Appellant sued FDOT for damages from a collision, alleging FDOT created a known, hidden hazardous condition and failed to warn of it. The trial court …
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Appellant challenges a final order of dismissal in her negligence action for damages sustained in a collision on a roadway over which the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has jurisdiction. The trial court ruled that the claim is precluded by FDOT’s sovereign immunity.
In reviewing the propriety of an order granting a motion to dismiss, we must take all the facts alleged in the complaint as true and draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party. Weaver v. Leon County Classroom Teachers Ass’n, 680 So.2d 478 (Fla. 1st DCA1996).
*583In this case, appellant sought recovery alleging that FDOT created a known hazardous condition which led to the collision. The allegations of the complaint indicate that the condition involved a hidden danger and that FDOT was aware of the hazard but failed to correct it or warn of the danger.
As explained in Department of Transportation v. Neilson, 419 So.2d 1071 (Fla. 1982), these assertions encompass an operational-level function to which sovereign immunity does not apply. See also, e.g., City of St. Petersburg v. Collom, 419 So.2d 1082 (Fla.1982); Mann v. State Dep’t of Transp., 946 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Polk County v. Sofka, 803 So.2d 751 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001), review denied 821 So.2d 300 (Fla.2002).
Therefore, we reverse the order dismissing appellant’s complaint with prejudice and remand for further proceedings.
WOLF, VAN NORTWICK and RAY, JJ., concur.
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- Dep't OF Transp. v. Neilson, 419 So. 2d 1071 (Fla. 1982)
- City OF ST. Petersburg v. Collom, 419 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1982)
- Weaver v. The Leon Cnty. Classroom Teachers Ass'n, 680 So. 2d 478 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
- Polk Cnty. v. Sofka, 803 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)
- Mann v. State of Fla. Dep't OF Transp., 946 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)