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HOUGHTALING v. SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA

No. 79177.

611 So.2d 1235 (1993)

Carole Francis HOUGHTALING, Petitioner, v. SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Irene Higginbotham and Mary E. Mann of Acosta & Mann, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

W. Douglas Berry and Melinda J. Brazel of Butler, Burnett & Pappas, Tampa, and Donald A. Orlovsky of Kamen & Orlovsky, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

Kimberly Sands, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Daytona Beach, amicus curiae for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Seminole Tribe v. Houghtaling, 589 So.2d 1030 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991), in which the district court determined that Florida courts are without jurisdiction to resolve civil suits brought against the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribe) for an accident occurring on tribal property in Hillsborough County. The district court certified the following question as being of great public importance:

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