TARVER v. EVERGREEN SOD FARMS, INC.

No. 71293.

533 So.2d 765 (1988)

Mahala TARVER, Petitioner, v. EVERGREEN SOD FARMS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Montgomery of Montgomery and Washington, P.A., Belle Glade, for petitioner.

Harry D. Robinson of Harry D. Robinson, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Debra Levy Neimark of Neimark & Neimark, Coral Springs, for respondent.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Evergreen Sod Farms, Inc. v. McClendon, 513 So.2d 1311 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), in which the district court certified the following question of great public importance:

MAY THE DOCTRINE OF VIRTUAL ADOPTION BE APPLIED IN A WORKER'S COMPENSATION PROCEEDING TO SUPPORT AN AWARD OF DEATH BENEFITS WHERE THE DEPENDENT CHILD'S MOTHER HAS NOT BEEN...

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