COLLINS v. COTE

No. 4-86-0079.

490 So.2d 164 (1986)

Owen COLLINS a/k/a Owen Becketts, Petitioner, v. Nathalie Rejeane COTE and Avis Rent-a-Car Systems, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy Jackson Burris of Cathy Jackson Burris, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Richard M. Gale of Dube and Wright, P.A., Miami, for respondent Avis.


PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for certiorari and quash the court's order of December 12, 1985 suspending the plaintiff's cause of action. We join with our sister courts in holding that Section 944.292, Florida Statutes (1983) is unconstitutional as construed by the trial court to bar the appellant, who has been convicted of a felony and not had his "civil rights" restored under any of the procedures set out in the statute, from prosecuting a civil lawsuit for...

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