MAZZONI FARMS, INC. v. E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

Nos. SC94846, SC95411.

761 So.2d 306 (2000)

MAZZONI FARMS, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, etc., et al., Appellees. Foliage Forest, Inc., etc., et al., Appellants, v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth K. Russo of Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, Florida, and Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellants.

A. Stephens Clay, William H. Boice, and James F. Bogan, III of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; and Paul L. Nettleton of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellees.


QUINCE, J.

We have for review the following two questions of Florida law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to be determinative of a cause pending in that court and for which there appears to be no controlling precedent.

(1) DOES A CHOICE-OF-LAW PROVISION IN A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT CONTROL THE DISPOSITION OF A CLAIM THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS FRAUDULENTLY PROCURED EVEN IF THERE IS NO ALLEGATION THAT THE CHOICE-OF-LAW PROVISION...

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