CASTILLO v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.

No. SC00-490.

854 So.2d 1264 (2003)

John CASTILLO, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Ferraro of Ferraro & Associates, P.A., Miami, FL; Elizabeth K. Russo and Philip D. Parrish of Russo Parrish Appellate Firm, Miami, FL; and Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioners.

Arthur J. England, Jr. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL; Edward W. Warren and Jeffrey Bossert Clark of Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC; and David Kleinberg of Gaebe Murphy Mullen & Antonelli, Coral Gables, FL, for Respondents.

Martin S. Kaufman, Atlantic Legal Foundation, New York, NY, for Mason Barr, M.D., Jaime L. Frias, M.D., Richard K. Miller, Ph.D., and Janine E. Polifka, Ph.D., Amici Curiae.


QUINCE, J.

We have for review E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Inc. v. Castillo, 748 So.2d 1108 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000), which expressly and directly conflicts with the opinion in Berry v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 709 So.2d 552 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. For the reasons set forth below, we quash the Third District's decision...

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