GLADYS FORKEY, PETITIONER,

v.

PERRINE CENTER PHARMACY, HIGHWAY INSURANCE COMPANY AND FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By

• Chastain v. Civil Serv. Bd. OF Orlando, 327 So. 2d 230 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)
  …rged with a criminal offense such as aggravated assault, as in Dixon v. State, 101 Fla. 840, 132 So. 684 (1931), or his conduct were the basis of a civil action for damages against him individually or against his employer, as in Gordon v. Alexander, 198 So. 2d 325 (Fla.1967) and City of Miami v. Nelson, 186 So. 2d 535 (3rd DCA Fla. 1966), the standard or test of guilt would be whether appellant, in attempting to make the arrest or capture the escaping prisoner, had used more force than was reasonably necessar…
• City OF ST. Petersburg v. Reed, 330 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976)
  …ve one has committed a felony, the officer is entitled to use force which is reasonably necessary to capture him, even to the extent of killing or wounding him. City of Miami v. Nelson, Fla.App.3d 1966, 186 So. 2d 535; Gordon v. Alexander, Fla.1967, 198 So. 2d 325. This rule has recently been codified in Fla.Stat. § 776.05, as amended by Ch. 75-64.1 This [*258] right does not depend on the type of felony which has been committed. The law of Florida is in accord with the law elsewhere on this point. While the…

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• Brescher v. Pirez, 696 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …r wounding him.... This right does not depend on the type of felony which has been committed. Id. 330 So. 2d at 257-58; see also City of Miami v. Nelson, 186 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 194 So. 2d 621 (Fla.1966). In Gordon v. Alexander, 198 So. 2d 325 (Fla. 1967), our supreme court held that a police officer was entitled to a directed verdict in his favor concerning his use of force against a fleeing felon. The officer in Gordon had received a report of breaking and entering and went to the build…