BARNETT BANK OF WINTER PARK, ETC., APPELLANT,

v.

DAVID L. ALFORD AND DONNA ALFORD, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (14 total)

• Jetton v. Jacksonville Elec. Auth., 399 So. 2d 396 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
  …t entitled to the Section 768.28(5) limitation on recovery because it is not a municipal agency. We agree with JEA that it is a governmental unit, an electric utility operated by the City of Jacksonville. Ven-Fuel v. Jacksonville Electric Authority, 332 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 3d DC A 1975); Amerson v. Jacksonville Electric Authority, 362 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). The waiver of sovereign immunity under the statute clearly extends to units that, like JEA, are “primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies o…
• Vasilinda v. Lozano, 631 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1994)
  …may participate in the case between the time of the order changing venue and the time that the change of venue becomes effective. Compare Florida Elections Comm'n v. Smith, 354 So. 2d 965 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), and Ven-Fuel v. Jacksonville Elec. Auth., 332 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), with Kern v. Kern, 309 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975).…
• Kuvin, Klingensmith & Lewis, P. A. v. Fla. Ins. Guar. Ass'n, Inc., 371 So. 2d 214 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979)
  …elps to minimize expenditure of public funds and manpower.” [emphasis supplied] Since the very reason for the privilege thus does not apply to the defendant, neither should the privilege itself. See also Ven-Fuel v. Jacksonville Electric Authority, 332 So. 2d 81, 82-83 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), where this court held: “The most telling fact appears to us to be that the authority is subject to governmental control of its budget and that tax monies may, if necessary, be used in its operation. When the activity is g…

Authorities Cited

• Vann v. First Nat'l Bank IN Little Rock, 324 So. 2d 94 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975)