SPENCE v. HUGHES

No. 68569.

500 So.2d 538 (1987)

Rene L. SPENCE, Petitioner, v. David O. HUGHES and Imperial Food Products, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith R. Mitnik of Robertson, Williams, Duane and Lewis, P.A., Orlando, for petitioner.

Carl D. Motes of Maguire, Voorhis and Wells, P.A., Orlando, for respondents.

R. Mark Shelton of Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan and McLaughlin, P.A., Tampa, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


BARKETT, Justice.

We have for review Spence v. Hughes, 485 So.2d 903 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986) (en banc), in which the district court certified the following as a question of great public importance:

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