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Mark WOOD, Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Florida and Capelletti Brothers, Inc., Appellees.
    No. 78-1200.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 22, 1979.
    Rehearing Denied July 2, 1979.
    Spence, Payne, Masington & Grossman, Podhurst, Orseck & Parks and Joel D. Eaton, Miami, for appellant.
    Stuart L. Simon, County Atty., and James K. Kracht, Asst. County Atty., Iva W. Kay, Jr. and Michael J. Kortis, Miami, for appellees.
    Before HENDRY, HUBBART and KE-HOE, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

The final summary judgment appealed from is reversed and the cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings based on the authority of Alexander v. Kirkham, 365 So.2d 1038 (Fla.3d DCA 1978). In our view, there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the subject release was validly reformed by the parties so as to exclude certain critical language therefrom. Such reformation, if valid, would necessarily defeat the release as an affirmative defense to the action herein. As the summary judgment appealed from was based entirely on the release as unreformed, it is clear a reversal and remand for further proceedings is required. It is so ordered.