Case Name: William D. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-09-19
Citations: 374 So. 2d 1164
Docket Number: No. 78-1018
Parties: William D. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY et al., Appellees.
Judges: DOWNEY, C. J., and CROSS, SPENCER C., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 1164–1164

Head Matter:
William D. CHAMBERS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY et al., Appellees.
No. 78-1018.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 19, 1979.
Cone, Owen, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Hazouri & Roth, P. A., and Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Alan E. DeSerio, App. Section, Robert I. Scanlan, and H. Reynolds Sampson, Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for appellee, State of Florida, Dept, of Transportation.

Opinion:
BERANEK, Judge.
This is a plaintiff's appeal from the dismissal of a complaint against the State of Florida, Department of Transportation. The motion to dismiss was granted on the authority of Cheney v. Dade County, 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). This case held it was necessary to allege a special duty owed to the plaintiff different from that owed to the general public. The Supreme Court has now reversed the initial Cheney decision in Commercial Carrier Corporation v. Indian River County, and Cheney v. Dade County, 371 So.2d 1010 (Fla.\1979). The áppellee concedes this decision requires reversal of the dismissal. The order of dismissal below is, therefore, reversed and the matter remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with the aforementioned Supreme Court decision.
REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.
DOWNEY, C. J., and CROSS, SPENCER C., Associate Judge, concur.