Opinion
No. 72-718.
January 24, 1973.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Grady L. Crawford, J.
Ser Keyfetz and Melvin A. Rubin, Miami, for appellants.
Frank A. Howard, Jr., and Phyllis O. Douglas, Miami, for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Appellant contends that by the enactment of Fla. Stat. § 230.23, F.S.A., the Legislature has abolished the sovereign immunity of school boards in all cases involving injury to persons lawfully on school property. Such an interpretation of the statute is strained and not in accordance with the legislative purpose. See Howarth v. City of De Land, 117 Fla. 692, 158 So. 294 (1934); Peninsular Industrial Ins. Co. v. State, 61 Fla. 376, 55 So. 398 (1911).
Affirmed.