Opinion
No. 1D2022-2175
11-01-2023
Harrison BROER, Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Appellee.
Joshua H Eggnatz and Michael J. Pascucci, Eggnatz Pascucci, P.A., Davie, for Appellant. Robert J. Sniffen, Matthew Joseph Carson, and Jeffrey D. Blanker, Sniffen & Spellman, P.A., Tallahassee; and Carolyn Egan, General Counsel Florida State University, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. J. Layne Smith, Judge.
Joshua H Eggnatz and Michael J. Pascucci, Eggnatz Pascucci, P.A., Davie, for Appellant.
Robert J. Sniffen, Matthew Joseph Carson, and Jeffrey D. Blanker, Sniffen & Spellman, P.A., Tallahassee; and Carolyn Egan, General Counsel Florida State University, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Per Curiam.
Affirmed. See Univ. of Fla. Bd. of Trs. v. Rojas, 351 Sp. 3d 1167, 1169–72 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022) (holding that sovereign immunity barred the breach of contract claim, which was based on the University’s failure to offer on-campus services or to refund related fees for semesters while its on-campus facilities were closed due to COVID-19, because the documents attached to the complaint did not constitute an express written contract where they did not contain any language obligating the University to provide specific, on-campus services during any specific time or to refund fees, when any such services were paused, limited, or cancelled), reh’g denied (Dec. 27, 2022), review granted, SC2023-0126, 2023 WL 4784215 (Fla. July 27, 2023).
B.L. Thomas, Winokur, and Long, JJ., concur.