Legal Opinion
Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Wagner
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 4, 1978No. 77-579PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CROSS, Judge.
The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services seeks through interlocutory appeal review of an order denying appellant’s motion for change of venue in an action to recover damages for wrongful death.
On February 17, 1975, Peter Alan Wagner was beaten to death by two juvenile inmates who had escaped from the Nova Living and Learning Center of Nova University, Inc., a behavioral or correctional institute located in Broward County, Florida. Suit was filed alleging that the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, through its Division of Youth Services,…
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- Wagner v. Nova University, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981