![]() ![]() We would also emphasize that our holding here is applicable only to suits on express, written contracts into which the state agency has statutory authority to enter. However, we concluded our opinion by stating: Department of Corrections, 471 So.2d 4 (Fla.1984), found an implied waiver of sovereign immunity in contract on the premise that because the legislature authorized state entities to enter into contracts, it must have intended such contracts to be valid and binding on both parties. Although no express legislative waiver has been granted for contract claims, this Court in Pan-Am Tobacco Corp. The legislature has explicitly waived sovereign immunity in tort for personal injury, wrongful death, and loss or injury of property. The Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed that portion of the order which denied the motion for summary judgment on the claim for damages for extra work. The trial court denied the County's motion as to the extra work claims. 1 In a motion for partial summary judgment, the County argued that the extra work claim was barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity because the extra work was outside the terms of the express contract and no written change orders, as required by the contract, had been issued authorizing the extra work. MEI sued the County, asserting a variety of claims including a breach of contract claim seeking damages for extra work it had done on the facility which was beyond that described in the contract. ![]() The County terminated the contract and withheld amounts due under the contract. Subsequently, a dispute arose between the County and MEI. ("MEI") contracted with Brevard County ("County") to design and build a spring training facility for the Florida Marlins. On January 5, 1993, Miorelli Engineering Inc. 5th DCA 1996), which expressly and directly conflicts with Southern Roadbuilders, Inc. Miorelli Engineering, Inc., 677 So.2d 32 (Fla. Paskert of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, for Petitioner.ĭana G. MIORELLI ENGINEERING, INC., et al., Respondents. Weekly S665 COUNTY OF BREVARD, Petitioner, ![]()
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