Case Name: Mark Phillip ST. FORT, a minor, By and Through his mother and natural guardian, Marie Lourdes ST. FORT; Emanual Pernier, a minor, Priscille Pernier, a minor, and Alexandra Pernier, a minor, by and through their mother and natural guardian, Margaret Pernier; Marie Lourdes St. Fort, individually; Margaret Pernier, individually; Dominique Auguste, individually; Teddy St. Fort, individually; and Vladimir Pierre-Louis, individually, Appellants, v. The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-03-05
Citations: 688 So. 2d 469
Docket Number: No. 96-2391
Parties: Mark Phillip ST. FORT, a minor, By and Through his mother and natural guardian, Marie Lourdes ST. FORT; Emanual Pernier, a minor, Priscille Pernier, a minor, and Alexandra Pernier, a minor, by and through their mother and natural guardian, Margaret Pernier; Marie Lourdes St. Fort, individually; Margaret Pernier, individually; Dominique Auguste, individually; Teddy St. Fort, individually; and Vladimir Pierre-Louis, individually, Appellants, v. The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 688
Pages: 469–469

Head Matter:
Mark Phillip ST. FORT, a minor, By and Through his mother and natural guardian, Marie Lourdes ST. FORT; Emanual Pernier, a minor, Priscille Pernier, a minor, and Alexandra Pernier, a minor, by and through their mother and natural guardian, Margaret Pernier; Marie Lourdes St. Fort, individually; Margaret Pernier, individually; Dominique Auguste, individually; Teddy St. Fort, individually; and Vladimir Pierre-Louis, individually, Appellants, v. The FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.
No. 96-2391.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 5, 1997.
Adam Trop of Grover, Weinstein, Stauber & Friedman, PA.., Miami Beach, for appellants.
Robert E. Collier, II of Timothy J. Payne, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
PARIENTE, Judge.
Appellant, who received injuries in an automobile accident, appeals an adverse summary judgment entered in favor of the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT). We reverse because the DOT did not eonclu-sively demonstrate the absence of any genuine issue of material fact regarding the alleged operational negligence of the DOT. See Moore v. Morris, 475 So.2d 666, 668 (Fla.1985); Greenleaf v. Amerada Hess Corp., 626 So.2d 263 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).
In addition, at the time of summary judgment, discovery was still ongoing, and the facts were not so crystallized that nothing remained but questions of law. See Moore, 475 So.2d at 668; Singer v. Star, 510 So.2d 637, 639 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Danna v. Bay Steel Corp., 445 So.2d 704, 705 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984).
The trial court's granting of summary judgment was at the very least premature. See Danna, 445 So.2d at 705.
REVERSED.
GLICKSTEIN and DELL, JJ., concur.