CASTIN v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Nos. 4D04-846, 4D04-1738.

901 So.2d 1020 (2005)

Marcel CASTIN and Carl Wesley, et al., Appellants, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, et al., Appellees. Florida Department of Agriculture, etc., et al., Appellants, v. David Mendez and Lillian Mendez, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Moore, III of the Law Office of William J. Moore, III, Jacksonville, Craig P. Kalil of Aballi, Milne, Kalil & Escagedo, P.A., Miami, Barry M. Silver, of Barry M. Silver, P.A., Boca Raton, Malcolm A. Misuraca of Law Office of Malcolm A. Misuraca, Newport Beach, CA, Paul R. Golis of Paul R. Golis, P.A., Boca Raton, and Eric L. Siegel of Henrichsen Siegel, P.L.L.C., Washington D.C., for appellants of case 4D04-846.

Jack R. Reiter and Wesley R. Parsons of Adorno & Yoss, P.A., Miami, for appellants of case 4D04-1738.

Robert C. Gilbert of Robert C. Gilbert, P.A., Coral Gables, Michael J. Pucillo of Berman Devalerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo, LLP, William S. Williams of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, West Palm Beach, Joseph H. Serota and Jamie Alan Cole of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Guedes Cole & Boniske, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Ellis Rubin of Law Offices of Ellis Rubin and Robert I. Barrar, Miami, for appellees of case 4D04-1738.

Jack R. Reiter and Wesley R. Parsons of Adorno & Yoss, P.A., Miami, for appellees of case 4D04-846.


PER CURIAM.

These consolidated appeals are from non-final orders, one of which certified a class action and one of which denied certification of a class action. The plaintiffs in both cases seek damages for citrus trees destroyed by the citrus canker eradication program in Palm Beach County. We affirm the order certifying the class in the Mendez case (4D04-1738) for the same reasons we affirmed certification in Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer...

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