Joseph L. Rivers vs Florida Department of Corrections

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA JOSEPH L. RIVERS, Appellant, v. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D13-5918 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee. _____________________________/ 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. 2

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