Case Name: Donna SEGO, Appellant, v. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-11-06
Citations: 771 So. 2d 1235
Docket Number: No. 1D00-0436
Parties: Donna SEGO, Appellant, v. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, WOLF and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 771
Pages: 1235–1235

Head Matter:
Donna SEGO, Appellant, v. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH, Appellee.
No. 1D00-0436.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 6, 2000.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 13, 2000.
Daniel A. Smith, Jacksonville; Wm. J. Sheppard and D. Gray Thomas of Sheppard, White and Thomas, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.
John C. Cooper, Gwendolyn P. Adkins, Henry J. Graham of Cooper, Coppins & Monroe, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Donna Sego appeals a final summary judgment on her claim for false arrest against the City of Fernandina Beach. The trial court granted summary judgment on the theory that sovereign immunity precludes an action for false arrest. This was error. See Thomas v. Florida Game & Fresh Water Comm'n, 627 So.2d 541 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993) (sovereign immunity does not bar claim for false arrest); Lester v. City of Tavares, 603 So.2d 18 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992) (same).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
JOANOS, WOLF and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.