Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2019

JOHN DOE v. DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA, INC.

JOHN DOE v. DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA, INC.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 29, 2019

JOHN DOE v. DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA, INC.

Opinion

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

JOHN DOE, a minor, by and through Paul ) Doe, his next friend and guardian and ) PAUL DOE, individually, ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-4795 ) DIOCESE OF VENICE IN FLORIDA, INC., ) a Non-Profit Florida Corporation; DIOCESE ) OF VENICE IN FLORIDA, a Corporation ) Sole; BISHOP DEWANE as Corporate Sole ) of the Diocese of Venice; and ROBERT ) LITTLE, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed May 29, 2019.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Alane C. Laboda, Judge.

Alexander Brockmeyer, Mark Boyle, and Katherine L. Sloan of Boyle & Leonard, P.A., Fort Myers; and Marcus W. Viles and Maria R. Alaimo of Viles & Beckman, LLC, Fort Myers, for Appellants.

David C. Potter and Carl Joseph Coleman of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Fort Myers; and Hala Sandridge of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa (substituted as counsel of record); and Chance Lyman of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Tampa, for Appellees Diocese of Venice in Florida, Inc. and Bishop Dewane.

No appearance for Appellee Robert Little.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

KELLY, KHOUZAM, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.

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