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State, Dept. of Transp. v. Cooper

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jan 13, 1982
408 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

Opinion

No. 81-1082.

January 13, 1982.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Hardee County, Oliver L. Green, Jr. J.

James R. Dirmann of Dirmann Scott, Sarasota, for appellant.

Kenneth L. Connor of Gibson Connor, Lake Wales, for appellee.


The final judgment against appellant, the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT), is affirmed. There was evidence that the intersection accident was caused in part by the absence of a stop-ahead sign which was dictated by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways adopted by appellant and which was even included in appellant's construction drawings. The trial court's award of costs and postjudgment interest was correct under our decision in State Department of Transportation v. Knowles, 388 So.2d 1045 (Fla.2d DCA 1980), which followed State Board of Regents v. Yant, 360 So.2d 99 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 364 So.2d 892 (Fla. 1978), and we decline to recede from Knowles notwithstanding the conflicting opinion in Berek v. Metropolitan Dade County, 396 So.2d 756 (Fla.3d DCA 1981). The remaining points raised by the DOT have been considered and are also without merit.

AFFIRMED.

GRIMES and DANAHY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State, Dept. of Transp. v. Cooper

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Jan 13, 1982
408 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)
Case details for

State, Dept. of Transp. v. Cooper

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, APPELLANT, v. ROBERT M…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Jan 13, 1982

Citations

408 So. 2d 781 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

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