FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. ACOSTA

Nos. 78255, 78506.

612 So.2d 1361 (1992)

FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. Maria ACOSTA, etc., Respondent. Margaret E. WALKER, etc., Petitioner, v. MILLER ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. William Bissett of Preddy, Kutner, Hardy, Rubinoff, Thompson, Bissett & Bush, Miami, for petitioner Firestone.

Clifford B. Selwood, Jr. of Clifford B. Selwood, Jr., P.A., and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Nancy Little Hoffmann, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner Kelsey-Hayes.

Grevior & Jordan, Fort Lauderdale, and Larry Klein of Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner Walker.

Ricki Lewis Tannen and Norman S. Klein of Klein & Tannen, P.A., Hollywood, for respondent Acosta.

Love Phipps of Corlett, Killian, Ober & Levi, P.A., Miami, for respondent Miller Electric.

Richard B. Doyle, Jr. of Loughren & Doyle, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Edward T. O'Donnell of Herzfeld and Rubin, Miami, amicus curiae for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

David W. Henry of McDonough, O'Neal & O'Dell, Orlando, amicus curiae for Florida Defense Lawyer's Ass'n.

Clifford M. Miller of Clifford M. Miller, Chartered, Vero Beach, amicus curiae for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Acosta v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 592 So.2d 1102 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991), and Walker v. Miller Electric Manufacturing Co., 591 So.2d 242 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), in which the Third and Fourth Districts took opposing views of the applicability of the statute of repose set forth in section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes (1975),1<...

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