Case Name: Donald SLEETER, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Anna A. Sleeter, Appellant, v. Helen Elizabeth COLLINS, Leslie Collins, and Frank Sleeter, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-08-11
Citations: 621 So. 2d 1096
Docket Number: No. 93-1282
Parties: Donald SLEETER, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Anna A. Sleeter, Appellant, v. Helen Elizabeth COLLINS, Leslie Collins, and Frank Sleeter, Appellees.
Judges: DELL, C.J., FARMER, J., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 621
Pages: 1096–1097

Head Matter:
Donald SLEETER, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Anna A. Sleeter, Appellant, v. Helen Elizabeth COLLINS, Leslie Collins, and Frank Sleeter, Appellees.
No. 93-1282.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 11, 1993.
Thomas E. Kingcade of Thomas E. Kingcade, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Brian P. Philips of Peterson & Bernard, West Palm Beach, for appellee-Frank Sleeter.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The trial court granted summary judgment against the estate of a deceased wife on its claim against her surviving husband for negligence in the operation of an automobile causing her death. The court decided that interspousal immunity bars the claim. In its initial brief, the estate cites the recent supreme court decision in Waite v. Waite, 618 So.2d 1360 (Fla.1993), in which the court decided that this form of immunity from civil liability is no longer part of Florida's common law. In response to this brief, the surviving husband has filed a concession of error.
After reviewing the record and the Waite decision, we accept the concession. The summary judgment barring the claim on interspousal immunity grounds is reversed and the case remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.
REVERSED.
DELL, C.J., FARMER, J., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Senior Judge, concur.