Case ID: so2d_661/html/1237-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Eric Russell LEWIS and Mary Loughran Lewis, his wife, Appellants, v. James C. EDWARDS, The Seminole Tribe of Florida, The Seminole Department of Law Enforcement, Robert Epstein, Traders General Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, and Canadian General Insurance Company, a foreign insurance company, Appellees.
    Nos. 93-2395, 93-2397.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Oct. 5, 1995.
    Rehearing Denied Nov. 16, 1995.
    Ben J. Weaver of Weaver, Kuvin, Weaver & Lipton, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
    Donald A. Orlovsky of Kamen & Orlovsky, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Shelley H. Lein-icke and lia J. Klion of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O’Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee — Robert Epstein.
   PER CURIAM.

We consolidate these appeals for the purpose of this opinion. The final orders of dismissal are reversed, as to all Appellees, as the complaint, on its face, states a cause of action for injuries arising out of an accident. Questions of sovereign immunity and whether, and to what extent, sovereign immunity, as alleged, has been waived, as well as questions regarding the legal status of the department and the legal relationship between the department, the tribal corporate entity, and the Seminole Tribe should be addressed by answer and affirmative defenses and resolved by facts established on this record, rather than by incorporating facts or statements in other cases involving these or similar entities.

We remand for further proceedings.

STONE and SHAHOOD, JJ., and SORONDO, RODOLFO, Associate Judge, concur.