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621 So. 2d 1096

Sleeter v. Collins

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 11, 1993

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1993-08-11

Relies on 618 So. 2d 1360 - Waite v. Waite

Decided 1993-08-11

PER CURIAM.

¶1The trial court granted summary judgment against the estate of a deceased wife on its claim against her surviving husband for negligence in the operation of an automobile causing her death. The court decided that interspousal immunity bars the claim. In its initial brief, the estate cites the recent supreme court decision in Waite v. Waite, 618 So.2d 1360 (Fla.1993), in which the court decided that this form of immunity from civil liability is no longer part of Florida’s common law. In response to this brief, the surviving husband has filed a concession of error.

¶2*1097After reviewing the record and the Waitedecision, we accept the concession. The summary judgment barring the claim on interspousal immunity grounds is reversed and the case remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.

¶3REVERSED.

DELL, C.J., FARMER, J., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Senior Judge, concur.
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