POLK COUNTY, Petitioner,
v.
Donna M. SOFKA, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 4, 1997.
Rehearing Denied December 17, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wofford H. Stidham, Hank B. Campbell and Edwin A. Scales, III of Lane, Trohn, Clarke, Bertrand, Vreeland & Jacobsen, P.A., Bartow, for Petitioner.
John W. Frost, II, Neal L. O'Toole and Mark A. Sessums of Frost, O'Toole & Saunders, P.A., Bartow, for Respondent.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Department of Insurance, Division of Risk Management, Amicus Curiae.
Susan H. Churuti, County Attorney and John E. Schaefer, Assistant County Attorney, Clearwater, for Pinellas County, Amicus Curiae.
Jorge L. Fernandez, President, Florida Association of County Attorneys, Inc., Sarasota, and Rosemary E. Perfit, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Hillsborough County, Tampa, for Florida Association of County Attorney's, Amicus Curiae.
Ronald K. McRae, Assistant County Attorney, West Palm Beach, for Palm Beach County, Amicus Curiae.
Roy D. Wasson and Barbara Green, P.A., Miami, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.
Steven F. Lengauer and Ernest H. Eubanks of Eubanks, Hilyard, Rumbley, Meier & Lengauer, P.A., Orlando, for Orange County, Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
This case is before us on a question certified by the district court as one of great public importance. Polk County v. Sofka,675 So.2d 615 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). However, because we conclude that the district court lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal, we do not address the certified question. Instead, we quash the decision of the district court, and remand with directions...
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