BURGESS v. BURGESS

No. 62507.

447 So.2d 220 (1984)

Dean D. BURGESS, Petitioner, v. Foster F. BURGESS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. LaDon Dewrell and F. Lloyd Blue, Jr., of Dewrell, Blue & Brannon, Fort Walton Beach, for petitioner.

Henry Clay Mitchell, Jr., of Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mayes & Mitchell, Pensacola, for respondent.


ADKINS, Justice.

The First District Court of Appeal has certified the following question as being a matter of great public importance.

Does the doctrine of interspousal tort immunity bar a civil cause of action for money damages brought by one spouse against the other spouse, under Section 934.10, Florida Statutes (1979)?

Burgess v. Burgess, 417 So.2d 1173, 1175 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). Our jurisdiction vests...

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