FL DOT v. TROPICAL TRAILER LEASING, LLC

CASE NO. 1D16-4586.

229 So.3d 1251 (2017)

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Jim Boxold, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, Appellants, v. TROPICAL TRAILER LEASING, LLC, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed November 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton L. Doud , Chief Counsel, Civil Litigation; Ryan Scott Bourgoin , Assistant General Counsel, Civil Litigation; George S. Reynolds, IV , and Marc A. Peoples , Assistant General Counsels, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Diane G. DeWolf of Akerman LLP, Tallahassee; A. Rodgers Traynor, Jr. and Lawrence D. Silverman of Akerman LLP, Miami, for Appellees.


The Florida Department of Transportation appeals the trial court's non-final order certifying two sub-classes in favor of Appellee, Tropical Trailer Leasing, LLC. The Department argues that the trial court abused its discretion on three grounds: deciding the merits of Tropical Trailer's claim; certifying broader sub-classes than...

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