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CARROLL v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 85-2734.

508 So.2d 556 (1987)

Teresa CARROLL, Appellant, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kocha & Houston, P.A., and Edna L. Caruso and Philip M. Burlington of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Herzfeld and Rubin P.C., New York, and Peter L. Wechsler, Myron Shapiro, and Wendy F. Lumish of Rumberger, Wechsler & Kirk, Miami, for appellees.

Cathy Jackson Lerman of Cathy Jackson Lerman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Edward T. O'Donnell of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for amicus curiae The Product Liability Council, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm, although we have considerable sympathy for the appellant who has apparently been deprived of a cause of action even before such cause arose by reason of the operation of the 12-year statute of repose, see Pullum v. Cincinnati, Inc., 476 So.2d 657 (Fla. 1985), which was abolished by the legislature in 1986. Notwithstanding our affirmance we certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court...

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