Case ID: so2d_461/html/0142-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, Appellant, v. Shalanda WATTS, a minor by and through her natural mother and next friend, Naomi WILLIAMS and Naomi Williams, individually, Gerome Gholston, Owner and Progressive American Insurance Company, etc., et al., Appellees.
    No. 83-2106.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Nov. 21, 1984.
    Rehearing Denied Jan. 21, 1985.
    Steven R. Berger and Amy N. Dean of Steven R. Berger, P.A., and Peterson & Fogarty, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
    Gary E. Garbis of Gary E. Garbis, P.A., Miami, for appellees.
   PER CURIAM.

We reverse because "the placement of the garbage dumpster was a planning-level decision of the City thereby entitling it to sovereign immunity and, further, no exception was created because the dumpster did not constitute a known danger not readily apparent to potential victims or a hidden trap or danger. The dumpster and its location, and whatever danger they created, were open and obvious. Payne v. Broward Co., 461 So.2d 63 (Fla.1984); City of St. Petersburg v. Collom, 419 So.2d 1082 (Fla.1982); and Department of Transportation v. Neilson, 419 So.2d 1071 (Fla.1982).

Reversed.

HERSEY and WALDEN, JJ„ and GREEN, OLIVER L., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.