Case Name: Brenda WILSON, by and through her mother, and next friend, Minnie Thomas, and Minnie Thomas, Individually, Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, as a governmental agency of the State of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1973-01-24
Citations: 272 So. 2d 179
Docket Number: No. 72-718
Parties: Brenda WILSON, by and through her mother, and next friend, Minnie Thomas, and Minnie Thomas, Individually, Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, as a governmental agency of the State of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, C. J., and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 272
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
Brenda WILSON, by and through her mother, and next friend, Minnie Thomas, and Minnie Thomas, Individually, Appellants, v. DADE COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, as a governmental agency of the State of Florida, Appellee.
No. 72-718.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 24, 1973.
Ser & Keyfetz and Melvin A. Rubin, Miami, for appellants.
Frank A. Howard, Jr., and Phyllis O. Douglas, Miami, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, C. J., and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant contends that by the enactment of Fla.Stat. § 230.23, F.S.A., the Legislature has abolished the sovereign immunity of school boards in all cases involving- injury to persons lawfully on school property. Such an interpretation of the statute is strained and not in accordance with the legislative purpose. See Howarth v. City of De Land, 117 Fla 692, 158 So. 294 (1934); Peninsular Industrial Ins. Co. v. State, 61 Fla. 376, 55 So. 398 (1911).
Affirmed.