Florida Highway Patrol, etc. v. Lashonta Renea Jackson, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-468 ____________ FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL, etc., Petitioner, vs. LASHONTA RENEA JACKSON, etc., Respondent. January 23, 2020 MUÑIZ, J. This case is about the meaning of Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(xi), which governs the appealability of nonfinal orders denying sovereign immunity. The decision under review is Florida Highway Patrol v. Jackson,

238 So. 3d 430

(Fla. 1st DCA 2018). In that decision, the First District Court of Appeal ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance: DOES…