BARTON-MALOW CO. v. BAUER

Nos. 93-01434, 93-01437.

627 So.2d 1233 (1993)

BARTON-MALOW COMPANY and Liebtag, Robinson & Wingfield, Inc., Appellants, v. R. Paul BAUER, Jr.; Betty A. Beacham and Husband, James A. Beacham; Ken Beery and Wife, A. Frances Beery; Harry J. Blake and Wife, Marilyn Blake; Connie Jane Braswell and Husband, Michael C. Braswell; Ora O. Caldwell; James Claude Chauncey and Wife, Barbara Chauncey; James W. Colkitt; Robert Lee Debow, Jr.; Rhea R. Edwards and Husband, Harry R. Edwards; Barbara Ginther; Molly K. Glass; Jerry A. Jones and Husband, Edward R. Jones; Shirley Knight; Delores Meany and Husband, Gregory Meany; Darlene Midlam; Sheryl E. Phillips and Husband, J. Murphy Phillips; David Pinello; Alicia Pullum and Husband, Calvin Pullum; Susan E. Riffle and Husband, Seth B. Riffle; Diana Rooney and Husband, Jerry Rooney; Dwight Skeans and Wife, Carol J. Skeans; Andrea G. Small and Husband, Roderick L. Small; Betty Sharon Taylor and Husband, Michael Taylor; Linda B. Wesley and Husband, Doug Wesley; and Jacqueline Young, Paula B. Adams and Husband, Fred J. Adams, Carol Alvarez and Husband, Domingo Alvarez; Richard A. Antone and Wife, Mary Rose Antone; Susan H. Barnes and Husband, Tom J. Barnes; Evamae Bartholomew and Her Husband, Stanley Bartholomew; Harriet L. Bell; Margaret D. Collier; Diane Frazier and Husband, Rolous Frazier; Avalea Godfrey; Heather R. Graham; Wendy Jane Hemming; Kay M. Jones; Terri L. Jones, On Behalf of Jason S. Jones, a Minor; Sidney L. King and Husband, Robert L. King; Janet E. Martin; Wilma Darlene McCall and Husband, Francis E. McCall; James L. Messer and Wife, Billie R. Messer; Shanna M. Overturf; and Carolyn B. Pardon and Husband, James D. Pardon, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert E. Theissen of Heinrich, Gordon, Batchelder, Hargrove & Weihe, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant Barton-Malow Co.

R. Campbell Ford and Karen E. Shumer of Law Office of Herbert R. Kanning, Jacksonville, for appellant Liebtag, Robinson & Wingfield, Inc.

R. Kent Lilly of Gibson & Lilly, Lake Wales, and R. James Platt of Smith, Cassidy, Platt, Harris & Radabaugh, P.A., Lakeland, for appellees.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The defendants, Barton-Malow Company (Barton-Malow) and Liebtag, Robinson & Wingfield, Inc. (LR & W), appeal a nonfinal order that certified class representation for persons who maintain that they suffer from health problems as a result of conditions at the Polk County Courthouse. Although the plaintiffs have adequately alleged a basis for class representation, we reverse because the trial court needed to conduct an evidentiary hearing prior...

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