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STEPHENSON v. COLLINS

No. 37741.

216 So.2d 433 (1968)

Alan Charles STEPHENSON, a Minor, by and through His Father and Next Friend, Charles J. Stephenson, Petitioners, v. Alexander M. COLLINS, Jr., and Ocala Manufacturing Ice and Packing Co., a Florida Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Heinrich, of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum & Ferris, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Greene, Ayres, Swigert, Cluster & Tucker, Ocala, for respondents.

DREW, Justice.

The decision controverted by the petition for certiorari in this case1 is one that passes upon a question certified by the district court of appeal to be of great public interest.2 The court affirmed an order dismissing with prejudice an action for damages for negligence, because of the view that the parties' compromise and settlement of compensatory damages "automatically terminated any right...

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