HANLEY v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 48617.

334 So.2d 11 (1976)

Joan HANLEY, Administratrix of the Estate of John Scott Hanley, a Minor, Deceased, Petitioner, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Perse of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, and Brumer, Moss, Cohen & Rodgers, Miami, for petitioner.

Mark Hicks of Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl, Miami, for respondents.

Robert Orseck of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, and Tony Cunningham of Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan, May & Genders, Tampa, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Mayo C. Johnston and William A. Cooper, Jr., of Davenport, Johnston, Harris, Gerde & Harrison, Panama City, for Mildred A. Sellers, amicus curiae.

J. Robert Hughes of Barron, Redding, Boggs & Hughes, Panama City, for Charles Edwin Skipper, L.C. Carter and National Indem. Co., amicus curiae.

Lynn C. Higby and George P. Daniels of Isler, Higby, Brown & Smoak, Panama City, for William Ellis Martin, Sinclair Operating Co., General Acc. Fire and Life Assur. Corp., Ltd., and Western Elec. Co., amicus curiae.

Bill R. Hutto of Syfrett, Hutto, O'Brien & Paulk, Panama City, for Olan Maxwell McQuaggle, Emmitt L. Smith, d/b/a Bayview Dairy and American States Ins. Co., amicus curiae.


ROBERTS, Justice.

We have for review on petition for writ of certiorari granted a certified decision from the District Court of Appeal, Third District, in Hanley, etc., v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., etc., et al., reported at 323 So.2d 301 (Fla.App. 3rd 1975). We have jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(3), Constitution of Florida.

The Circuit Court certified the following question to the District Court...

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