HARPER v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

No. 4D01-1556.

802 So.2d 505 (2001)

George R. HARPER, III, d/b/a Rusty Harper Ferneries; Robert Stone d/b/a Robert Stone Ferneries; L. Charles Herring d/b/a H & H Greens; Lars Hagstrom & Lorna Jean Hagstrom d/b/a Lars Hagstrom Partnership; Lars Hagstrom d/b/a Lars Hagstrom Ferneries; T. Larry Jones, Inc.; Morris Hagstrom and Fred Weston d/b/a Hagstrom & Weston Ferneries; Morris Hagstrom and Lars Hagstrom d/b/a Hagstrom & Hagstrom Ferneries; Morris A. Hagstrom d/b/a Morris A. Hagstrom Ferneries; Sunstate Ferneries, Inc.; Robert I. Stokes and Phillip A. Stokes d/b/a Richfern Growers; Albin Hagstrom & Son, Inc.; Raiford G. Hagstrom d/b/a Raiford G. Hagstrom Ferneries; Hugo R. Massy d/b/a Hugo R. Massy Ferneries; Richard Hagstrom, a sole proprietor, d/b/a Richard Hagstrom Ferneries; Dean Hagstrom d/b/a Dean Hagstrom Ferneries; Geneva Herring d/b/a Lemuel C. Herring Ferneries; Superior Greens, SA; Paradise Greens, SA; Helechos Ornamentales La Margarita, SA; Inversiones La Mara, SA; Helechos Ornamentales de San Isidro, SA; Corporacion Lums, SA; Agritica, SA; Paraiso Verdes, SA; Haciendo Rio Puries, SA; Fine Foliage Production; Jack B. Shuman d/b/a Shuman Farms; Steve Shuman d/b/a Steve Shuman Greens; Joann Burnsed d/b/a Lane Burnsed Ferneries; Donaldson Ornamentals, Inc.; R. Scott Jones d/b/a High Point Farms; Jones Brothers Ferneries, a Florida General Partnership; Helechos de Paraiso, S.A.; Verdes de Perfecta Calidad, SA; Stacy Jones, d/b/a Stacy Jones Ferneries; Norma Jones d/b/a Ronald Jones Ferneries; Frank E. Underhill, Jr. and Jean F. Underhill d/b/a Underhill Ferneries, a sole proprietorship; Terry Taylor Enterprises, Inc.; James O Taylor Co., Inc.; US Fern, SA; Estate of Patricia Richardson c/o F.A. Ford, Jr.; O. Freeman Greenlund, Jr. d/b/a Freeman Greenlund Ferneries; Robert F. Greenlund d/b/a Robert F. Greenlund Ferneries; David G. Dreggors; John Flowers, sole proprietorship; Greg James Ferneries, Inc.; James Baldauff and Patricia S. Baldauff d/b/a J & P Properties; James Martin d/b/a James Martin Ferneries; Michael E. Ott d/b/a Manor Way Ferns; James & Scarlett Warner d/b/a James K. Warner Ferneries; Thomas J. Lawrence, Jr., and Estate Of Thomas J. Lawrence, Sr., d/b/a T.J. Enterprises; Sunridge, Inc.; Lawrence Farms, Inc.; Harold Dwayne Cohen and Carol Lynn Cohen d/b/a Cohen Foliage; Brian Foxx and Kent Foxx d/b/a Foxx Fernery; Fancy Foliage, Inc.; Robin C. Lennon and Wanda G. Lennon d/b/a Central Florida Foliage; Robert Harper d/b/a Robert Harper Ferneries; Helechos Poliforma, S.A.; Helechos Internacionales, S.A.; Helechos Expreso, S.A.; Helechos Tropicales, S.A.; Marsell, S.A.; Proyectos De Desarrollo De Fraijanes, S.A.; Finco Los Llanos De Ciruelas, S.A.; Finca D.J. Sa; Plantas Ornamentales De Guanacaste, S.A.; Florida Helechos, S.A.; Helechos De Costa Rica, S.A.; A y H Helechos, SA; Helechos de Oro, SA; Foliage Incorporado, SA; Helechos De Poas, S.A.; Kenneth Lanier d/b/a Global Ferns; Kenneth Lanier and Robert Morgan d/b/a Lanier & Morgan, a Florida Partnership, Fernexport, SA; Costa Rican Flower Corporation, SA; American Flower Shippers Inc., a Panamanian Corporation; American Flower Corporation, SA; Flowertree Nursery, Inc.; Botanics Wholesale, Inc., a Florida Corporation as successor in interest to J.W.M., Inc., d/b/a Botanics Wholesale and Foliage Co-op, Inc.; Lovell Farms, Inc., a Florida Corporation; Fred Henry Paradise Orchid; Paul M. Booker, Jr.; Green Acres Fernery & Citrus, Inc.; Lake Harris Greens, Inc., d/b/a Green Acres Fernery & Citrus, Inc., Laurel Orchids, Inc.; Continental Wholesale Florist, Inc.; Gulfstream Growers, Inc.; Khd, Ltd., A Florida Limited Partnership, by and through William M. Dellecker, General Partner, William Keebler, Coconut Orchids, Inc.; Sagaert Orchids, Inc., and Sunshine Tropical Foliage, Inc., Petitioners, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Alston & Bird, LLP; a Georgia Partnership, Cabaniss & Burke, P.A.; and Nicholas Albergo, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian D. Searcy, Jack Scarola, F. Gregory Barnhart and David J. Sales of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioners.

Edward A. Moss, Thomas R. Scott and Humberto H. Ocariz of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Miami, and A. Stephens Clay and James F. Brogan, III of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for respondent E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.


HAZOURI, J.

George R. Harper, III, et al. petition this court for a writ of certiorari to review an order of the Broward County circuit court denying their motion to lift the stay in consolidated state court fraud actions, pending disposition of Respondents' subsequently filed actions in federal court. We agree with Petitioners that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law and, therefore, quash the...

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