Legal Opinion

Price v. City of Boynton Beach

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 28, 2003No. 4D02-2656Published

1Opinion of the CourtKlein, J.

The trial court granted the city’s motion for temporary injunction for protection against repeat violence which alleged that appellant had made verbal threats against city employees. We reverse because the injunction was based on hearsay evidence.

The trial court quoted in the injunction from the deposition of a psychiatrist, which had been taken in appellant’s workers’ compensation case, in which the psychiatrist testified that appellant had made threats, talked about his guns, and was a danger. Appellant objected on the ground of hearsay, but the trial court ruled that it would be admissible…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. JanssensDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  2. State v. AbreuSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  3. Grabau v. DEPT. OF HEALTH, BD. OF PSYCHO.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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