JERRY LAYNE ROGERS, SR., APPELLANT,
v.
JULIE L. JONES, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 2017-10-06
No. CASE NO. 1D16-1378
ROBERTS, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.
227 So. 3d 759 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2017)


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Relying on this Court’s decision in Green v. Cottrell, 172 So.3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), the trial court dismissed a *760negligence action filed by Appellant Jerry Layne Rogers, Sr., as time-barred under the one-year limitation period of section 95.11(5)(g), Florida Statutes (2011). However, the Florida Supreme Court quashed our decision in Green, determining that the four-year statute of limitations under section 768.28(14), Florida Statutes (2011), governs actions where a prisoner alleges “physical injury due to the negligent or wrongful acts or omissions of the employees of a government entity.” Green v. Cottrell, 204 So.3d 22, 29 (Fla. 2016). As such, Appellant’s negligence claim should not have been dismissed under section 95.11(5)(g).* We, therefore, reverse and remand this case for further proceedings.

ROBERTS, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.


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