STELLAS v. ALAMO RENT-A-CAR, INC.

No. 88250.

702 So.2d 232 (1997)

Rachelle M. STELLAS, Petitioner, v. ALAMO RENT-A-CAR, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Jay Feder and Scott L. Poisson of Feder & Fine, P.A., Miami, for Petitioners.

G. Bart Billbrough and Geoffrey B. Marks of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, and Roland Gomez of the Law Offices of Roland Gomez, P.A., Miami Lakes, for Respondent.

Michael S. Rywant of Rywant, Alvarez, Jones & Russo, P.A., Tampa, for Auto-Owners Insurance Company and Hanover Insurance Company, Amici Curiae.

Wendy F. Lumish of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Miami, and Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, VA, for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

John Beranek, Dubose Ausley and James Harold Thompson of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, for CSX Transportation, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

George N. Meros, Jr. of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A., Tallahassee, for The Florida Hospital Association, The Association of Voluntary Hospitals of Florida, Inc., The Florida Statutory Teaching Hospital Council, and The Florida League of Hospitals, Amici Curiae.

Jack W. Shaw, Jr. of Brown, Obringer, Shaw, Beardsley & DeCandio, P.A., Jacksonville, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


HARDING, Justice.

We have for review a decision certifying as a question of great public importance the issue of whether it was error to permit a nonparty intentional tortfeasor's name to appear on the verdict form so as to permit the jury to apportion fault between the nonparty and the negligent tortfeasor. Stellas v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc., 673 So.2d 940 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4)...

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