FORD MOTOR CO. v. KIKIS

No. 59634.

401 So.2d 1341 (1981)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner, v. James A. KIKIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe E. McDonald of Sanders, McEwan, Mims & McDonald, Orlando, and Edward T. O'Donnell of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for petitioner.

Walter R. Moon and Edward Casoria, Jr., of Rush, Marshall, Bergstrom & Robison, Orlando, for respondent.


ENGLAND, Justice.

This case presents one issue which we have never addressed and another issue which we have never stopped addressing. The first requires clarification of the "expressly" requirement in this Court's constitutional jurisdiction to resolve conflicting appellate decisions. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. The second revisits the role of the districts courts of appeal when reviewing a trial judge's order granting a motion for a new trial.

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