SCOTT v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

No. 70394.

524 So.2d 642 (1988)

William F. SCOTT, Petitioner, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earle Lee Butler of Butler & Pettit, P.A., and Cathy Jackson Lerman of Cathy Jackson Lerman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Mark E. Levitt of Hogg, Allen, Ryce, Norton & Blue, P.A., Tampa, and Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Vincent A. Lloyd, Fort Pierce, amicus curiae for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


SHAW, Justice.

We have for review Otis Elevator Co. v. Scott, 503 So.2d 941 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987), in which the court certified the following as a question of great public importance:

Are actions for wrongful discharge brought pursuant to section 440.205, Florida Statutes (1979), governed by Broward Builders Exchange, Inc. v. Goehring, 231 So.2d 513 (Fla. 1970).

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