MAZZONI FARMS, INC. v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS

Nos. 97-5931, 97-5932.

223 F.3d 1275 (2000)

MAZZONI FARMS, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, d.b.a. DuPont, Crawford & Company, a Georgia Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Jack Martin Greenhouses, Inc., f.k.a. M&M Ornamentals, Inc., and Jack Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, d.b.a. DuPont, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Russo Appellate Firm, P.A., Miami, FL, William H. Boice, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kimberly Lynn Boldt, Barranco, Kircher & Vogelsang, P.A., Miami, FL, for Mazzoni Farms.

A. Stephens Clay, James F. Bogan, III, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA, for Jack Martin Greenhouses, Inc, and Jack Martin.

R. Benjamine Reid, Paul L. Nettleton, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Ana M. Rivero, Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees in 97-5931.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Mazzoni Farms and Jack Martin, commercial nurseries whose plants were allegedly damaged by a DuPont product called Benlate, appealed the district court's order dismissing their fraudulent inducement claims under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Because the issues presented involved a choice-of-law provision for which there was no definitive Florida precedent, we certified the following two questions to the Supreme Court of Florida:

(1) Does a...

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