# Bell v. Board of Regents

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · October 12, 2000 · 768 So. 2d 1244

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7735702

## Case

- **Full name:** Patricia Ann BELL v. BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF FLORIDA
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** October 12, 2000
- **Citations:** 768 So. 2d 1244; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 13231; 2000 WL 1508508
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Benton, Booth, Douglass, Shivers
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
Patricia Ann Bell appeals a final summary judgment for the Board of Regents concluding that an action under Chapter 760, Florida Statutes (1993), is barred by sovereign immunity. We conclude that, when read in pari materia, sections 760.02(6), 760.02(7), 760.11(4), and 760.11(5), Florida Statutes (1993), constitute a clear and unequivocal waiver of sovereign immunity. See generally Klonis v. State of Florida, Dep’t of Revenue, 766 So.2d 1186 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000); Jones v. Brummer, 766 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); cf. Kimel v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 , 120 S.Ct. 631, 650 , 145 L.Ed.2d 522 & fn (2000) (citing section 760.01 et seq., Florida Statutes (1997 and Supp.1998), as one example of a state statute protecting state employees from age discrimination).
REVERSED.
BOOTH and BENTON, JJ., and SHIVERS, DOUGLASS B., Senior Judge, CONCUR.

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