Case ID: so2d_750/html/0030-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

PINELLAS SUNCOAST TRANSIT AUTHORITY; the School Board of Pinellas County, Florida; Emaniel Boose and Karen Boose, Appellants, v. Jonathan WRYE, a minor, By and Through his next friend, Mary A. WRYE, and Mary A. Wrye, individually, Appellees.
    No. 95-04719.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    July 19, 1996.
    Rehearing Denied Aug. 9, 1996.
    Alan S. Zimmet and Mark A. Connolly of Tew, Zoniber, Barnes, Zimmet & Unice, Clearwater, for Appellant Pinellas Sun-coast Transit Authority.
    Steven R. Maher of Maher, Gibson and Guiley, Orlando, for Appellees.
   WHATLEY, Judge.

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) appeals a nonfinal order challenging the denial of its motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity. Jonathan Wrye and Mary A. Wrye filed a complaint against PSTA alleging negligence and breach of contract.

We conclude that we do not have jurisdiction to review the denial of the motion to dismiss based on sovereign immunity either as a nonfinal appeal or as a certiora-ri proceeding. In reaching such a conclusion, we align ourselves with State, Department of Transportation v. Paris, 665 So.2d 381 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Department of Education v. Roe, 656 So.2d 507 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), review granted, 663 So.2d 629 (Fla.1995); and with Judge Sharpe’s well-reasoned dissent in Department of Transportation v. Wallis, 659 So.2d 429 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). As did the Fourth District in the Paris case, we adopt Judge Sharpe’s reasoning as our own and, accordingly, recognize conflict with the majority opinion in Wallis.

Appeal dismissed.

SCHOONOVER, A.C.J., and FULMER, J., concur.