FORD MOTOR CO. v. HILL

No. 58556.

404 So.2d 1049 (1981)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Willie Lee HILL, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey V. Kendall, Timothy J. Norris and Edward T. O'Donnell of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, and James A. Dixon, Jr., of Dixon, Dixon, Hurst, Nicklaus & Webb, Miami, for petitioner.

Sheldon Schlesinger of Simons & Schlesinger, Fort Lauderdale, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Miami, for Willie Lee Hill, et al.

K.P. Jones of the Law Offices of K.P. Jones, Fort Lauderdale, for Barkett Oil Co.


McDONALD, Justice.

After affirming a judgment against Ford Motor Company entered upon a jury verdict predicated on instructions of strict liability, the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public interest:

IS THE COMMON LAW NEGLIGENCE THEORY IN SECOND COLLISION CASES SET FORTH IN EVANCHO STILL VIABLE DESPITE THE ADOPTION OF STRICT LIABILITY IN WEST v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY, INC.?

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