ARENADO v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 72533.

541 So.2d 612 (1989)

Edward ARENADO, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Kupfer of Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Roth, Romano, Eriksen & Kupfer, P.A., and Mark Postelnek, Miami Beach, for petitioner.

James R. Cole of Sellars, Supran, Cole, Marion & Espy, and Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Alan C. Sundberg, Sylvia H. Walbolt and F. Townsend Hawkes of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, amici curiae for Florida Power Corp., Tampa Elec. Co. and Gulf Power Co.

John H. Haswell and William H. Chandler of Chandler, Gray, Lang, Haswell & Enwall, P.A., Gainesville, amicus curiae for Florida Rural Elec. Co-op. Assn.

James J. Taylor, Jacksonville, William R. Holzapfel and Ruth A. Bosek, Newark, N.J., and Dennis P. Harkawik of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, amicus curiae for Edison Elec. Institute.

Wendy F. Lumish and Lynn A. Epstein of Rumberger, Kirk, Caldwell, Cabaniss, Burke & Wechsler, Miami, amicus curiae for Florida Defense Lawyers Ass'n.


McDONALD, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction in this cause, Arenado v. Florida Power & Light Company, 523 So.2d 628 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), because of perceived conflict with Mugge v. Tampa Waterworks Co., 52 Fla. 371, 42 So. 81 (1906), and Woodbury v. Tampa Waterworks Co., 57 Fla. 243, 49 So. 556 (1909). Upon further review and analysis we now determine that we should decline review because, in fact, there...

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