STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
v.
CLODETTE FLEURVIL, ET AL, FALAND JEANTY, AS MOTHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN OF FAEYANA DESIRUS, A MINOR, EDZARE LAROSE JEAN, ET AL
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The appeal is dismissed because sovereign immunity bars the tort claims against the state.
[1] Sovereign immunity bars tort claims against the state and its agencies, including the Florida Department of Transportation.
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
) TRANSPORTATION, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D18-4456 ) CLODETTE FLEURVIL, MAXO FLEURVIL, ) NICOLAS ALEXIS, GLADYS ALEXIS, )
MACATY JEAN JACQUES, NOELMISE
) NOEL, NOZAIRE NORE, JOSE ZIMERO, )
JEAN BAPTISTE RAFAEL, ROSETTE
) VOLMAR as personal representative of ) the Estate of Dazilia Joseph, deceased, ) CLAIROMENE GLYSEE LOCHARD as ) personal representative of the Estate of ) Lifaite Lochard, deceased, JEANNOT ) PETIT-FRERE, as personal representative ) of the Estates of Jude Petit-Frere and ) Obernise Petit-Frere, deceased, )
INNOCENT ROSEME, FALAND JEANTY
) as mother and natural guardian of Faeyana ) Desirus, a minor, and EDZARE LaROSE ) JEAN as personal representative of the ) Estate of Wanie LaRose, deceased, ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed October 23, 2019. Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Keith R. Kyle, Judge.
Carri S. Leininger of Williams, Leininger & Cosby, P.A., North Palm Beach, for Appellant. Sorraya M. Solages-Jones of Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey, & Fronrath, West Palm Beach, and Scott B. Smith of Scott Smith Injury Law, Palm Beach Gardens, for Appellees.
PER CURIAM.
Dismissed. See Fla. Highway Patrol v. Jackson, 238 So. 3d 430 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018), review granted, No. SC18-468, 2018 WL 6818899 (Fla. Dec. 27, 2018); Miami-Dade Cty. v. Pozos, 242 So. 3d 1152 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017). SILBERMAN, MORRIS, and SMITH, JJ., Concur.
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- Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Pozos, 242 So. 3d 1152 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)