FLORIDA DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SCHWEFRINGHAUS

No. SC14-69.

188 So.3d 840 (2016)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. Dorthy SCHWEFRINGHAUS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Curington , General Counsel, and Marc Allen Peoples , Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Daniel John Fleming of Melkus, Fleming & Gutierrez, P.L., Tampa, FL; and Dan Himmelfarb of Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Respondent CSX Transportation, Inc.

Stephen Michael Durden , Jacksonville, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of County Attorneys.

Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Wendy Frank Lumish of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami, FL; and Daniel Saphire , Assistant General Counsel, Association of American Railroads, Washington, District of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Association of American Railroads.

Stephen H. Grimes and Matthew Harrison Mears of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, FL; and William Wells Large , Florida Justice Reform Institute, Tallahassee, FL, for Amici Curiae Florida Justice Reform Institute, Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Associated Industries of Florida.


This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Department of Transportation v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 128 So.3d 209 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following questions, which the court certified to be...

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