Supreme Court of Florida
FLORIDA DEP'T OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERV. v. S.A.P., SC00-105
The doctrine of equitable estoppel will apply to toll the statute of limitations in negligence action where it is alleged that defendant overlooked serious acts of child abuse, obstructed a police investigation, and concealed the abuse.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/27/2002
- Published 11/27/2002
Judges
- SHAW, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner., Thomas E. Warner, Solicitor General, and T. Kent Wetherell, II, Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Jay C. Howell of Anderson & Howell, Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.