SEARCY, DENNY, SCAROLA, ETC. v. STATE

No. SC15-1747.

209 So.3d 1181 (2017)

SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, ETC., et al., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna Louise Caruso of Edna L. Caruso P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; Christian Dietrich Searcy and Jack Patrick Hill of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida; and George Alexander Vaka of the Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa, Florida, for Petitioners.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Rachel Erin Nordby , Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.

Jessie Leigh Harrell , Rebecca Bowen Creed , and Bryan Scott Gowdy of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Association.

Edward Downey and Robert Lee McElroy, IV of Downey/McElroy, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Guardian Ad Litem.

George T. Levesque , Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae the Florida Senate and Andy Gardiner, in his official capacity as President of the Florida Senate.

Matthew Joseph Carson , Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae the Florida House of Representatives and Steve Crisafulli, in his official capacity as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.


This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. v. State, 194 So.3d 349 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). In a separate decision, the district court certified the following question to be of great...

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