District Court of Appeal of Florida March 18, 2003, No. 1D02-2281 (Estate of Brown ex rel. Brown v. Woodham)

ERVIN, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a complaint with prejudice due to the failure of appellant, the Estate of Robert Brown, to state a cause of action against appellee, W.A. Woodham, Sheriff of Gadsden County, Florida. The lower court ruled that the sheriff owed no statutory, general, or special duty of care to Brown.