School boards are immune from lawsuits seeking no-fault insurance coverage following a crash of a publicly owned school bus, Florida appeals judges ruled Wednesday, splitting with one of their fellow intermediate courts.
State law “does not clearly and unequivocally waive the sovereign immunity of school boards” when they’re sued for reimbursement of no-fault insurance claims, a three-judge Florida Court of Appeal, Fourth District panel said in an opinion.
Chief Judge Mark W. Klingensmith wrote that while public school buses are included in the law as vehicles that are subject to reimbursement, it doesn’t define a state entity as a ...
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