Miami-Dade County v. Miller
19 So. 3d 1037 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2009) (September)
After being attacked by an unknown person at a bus stop, the plaintiff sued the county for failing to have security at or near the stop. The county had contracted with a company to provide such services to its bus stops. The trial court denied the county’s motion for summary judgment, but the district court quashed that decision and granted the motion. It held that the county did not have a duty to provide security at bus stops and that the county had sovereign immunity as to crimes such as this when no special duty exists. It also held the county’s decision to not assign security to the bus stop was a discretionary duty to which sovereign immunity applied.