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Armstrong v. Data Processing Institute, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 15, 1987
509 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Summary

holding that cause of action for educational malpractice is not cognizable in Florida

Summary of this case from Simon v. Celebration Company

Opinion

No. BM-124.

July 15, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Duval County, Louis Corbin, J.

Dale G. Westling, Sr. of Hould Westling, Jacksonville, for appellants.

James F. Valenti, Jr. of Mahoney, Adams, Milam, Surface Grimsley, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellee.


Appellants appeal the dismissal with prejudice of count III of their amended complaint. Regardless of the nomenclature, the gravamen of count III is a cause of action for educational malpractice which is not cognizable in Florida. Tubell v. Dade County Public Schools, 419 So.2d 388 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); see also Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School District, 47 N.Y.2d 440, 418 N.Y.S.2d 375, 391 N.E.2d 1352 (1979). Accordingly, we affirm the action of the trial court. In so doing, we express no view as to the propriety of other causes of actions which appellants might conceivably have been attempting to allege in their complaint since appellants neither raised nor briefed in this court any contention other than that they should be permitted to proceed on their claim of educational malpractice. See Miami v. Steckloff, 111 So.2d 446 (Fla. 1959).

AFFIRMED.

BOOTH and WENTWORTH, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Armstrong v. Data Processing Institute, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 15, 1987
509 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

holding that cause of action for educational malpractice is not cognizable in Florida

Summary of this case from Simon v. Celebration Company

affirming dismissal of claim that, although labeled differently, was in effect one for educational malpractice: "[r]egardless of the nomenclature, the gravamen of count III is a cause of action for educational malpractice which is not cognizable in Florida"

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Case details for

Armstrong v. Data Processing Institute, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:DAVE ARMSTRONG, ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. DATA PROCESSING INSTITUTE, INC., A…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 15, 1987

Citations

509 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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