EAST v. PENSACOLA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 79-1554.

384 So.2d 159 (1980)

Willie L. EAST, Appellant, v. PENSACOLA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Robert Barnhill, Federated Mutual Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation Authorized to Do Business in the State of Florida, Jeffrey A. Cramer, Esq., and Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Finkelstein of Pelzner, Schwedock & Finkelstein, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Larry I. Gramovot of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellees Pensacola Tractor & Equipment Co., Inc., Robert Barnhill and Federated Mut. Ins. Co.

David J. Kadyk and Ted R. Manry, III of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees Jeffrey A. Cramer and Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A.


OTT, Judge.

The trial court entered summary judgment for appellees in this case on a theory that the charging allegations of appellant's complaint had been adjudicated adversely to him in a previous proceeding before the Industrial Relations Commission. Appellant's attack on that judgment challenged the trial court's reliance on the doctrine of collateral estoppel.

The issues on this appeal became moot when the First District Court of Appeal reversed the IRC...

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