ARAMARK UNIFORM AND APPAREL v. EASTON

No. SC02-2190.

894 So.2d 20 (2004)

ARAMARK UNIFORM AND CAREER APPAREL, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. Samuel EASTON, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Profaci, Altamonte Springs, FL, for Petitioner.

Deborah D. Walters of The Walters Law Firm, Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.


CANTERO, J.

We must decide whether a statute that allows suits for damages resulting from pollution creates a cause of action imposing liability without proof that the defendant caused the pollution, or merely modifies existing common law causes of action, which require proof of causation. In the decision below, the First District Court of Appeal held that the statute creates a cause of action for strict liability. See Easton v. Aramark Unif. & Career Apparel...

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