DOE v. AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

No. SC94355.

783 So.2d 1010 (2001)

Jane DOE, mother and legal guardian of John Doe, a minor, Petitioner, v. AMERICA ONLINE, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian W. Smith, West Palm Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

L. Martin Reeder, Jr. of Steel, Hector and Davis, West Palm Beach, FL; and Patrick J. Carome and Samir Chandra Jain of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


WELLS, C.J.

We have for review Doe v. America Online, Inc., 718 So.2d 385 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), in which the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following questions to be of great public importance:

[1] Whether section 230 of the Communications Decency Act [CDA] applies to complaints filed after its effective date where the complaint alleges a cause of action based upon acts occurring prior to its effective...

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