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John A. Grant, Jr. General Counsel Tampa Housing Authority Tampa

QUESTION:

Is a municipal housing authority a `state agency or subdivision' for the purposes of and within the scope of s. 768.28, F. S., as amended; and, if so, what effect does that statute have on the tort liability of the authority?

SUMMARY:

A municipal housing authority is included within the definitional scope of s. 768.28, F. S., as amended. Although a municipal housing authority may not have possessed sovereign immunity prior to the Legislature's waiver of sovereign immunity contained in s.768.28, as amended, the statute now…