U.S. v. STEVENS

No. SC07-1074.

994 So.2d 1062 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, et al., Appellants, v. Maureen STEVENS, etc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan F. Cohn, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Douglas Letter and H. Thomas Byron III, Staff Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, and Tami Lyn Azorsky of McKenna, Long and Aldridge, LLP, Washington, D.C.; R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Kathleen M. Salyer, Deputy Chief, Appellate Division, and Dexter A. Lee, Senior Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, United States Attorney's Office, Miami, FL; and Martin B. Woods and Marissa D. Kelley of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff and Sitterson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellants.

Phillip M. Burlington and Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington and Rockenbach, P.A., and Richard Schuler of Schuler, Halvorson and Weiser, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.


ANSTEAD, J.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has certified the following question of Florida law that is determinative of a cause pending in that court and for which there appears to be no controlling precedent:

Under Florida law, does a laboratory that manufactures, grows, tests or handles ultra-hazardous materials owe a duty of reasonable care to members of the general public to avoid...

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