Joseph L. Rivers v. Florida Department of Corrections

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: December 11, 2014
• Docket: 13-5918
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

JOSEPH L. RIVERS, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v. CASE NO. 1D13-5918

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed December 12, 2014.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Kevin J. Carroll, Judge.

Joseph L. Rivers, pro se, Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Holly N. Simcox, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final order dismissing appellant’s tort complaint

against appellee and two of its employees. We affirm the dismissal of the

complaint against appellee’s employees because they were immune from suit

under section 768.28(9)(a), Florida Statutes. However, appellee concedes that we must reverse the dismissal of the complaint against appellee because the trial court

improperly considered matters outside the four corners of the complaint regarding

whether appellant complied with the presuit notice requirements of section

768.28(6)(a), Florida Statutes. See Hamide v. State, Dep’t of Corr., 548 So. 2d

877, 879-80 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED for further

proceedings.

LEWIS, C.J., VAN NORTWICK and SWANSON, JJ., CONCUR.