Maerz v. Daimler Chrysler Fin. Trust

Full title: Trudy R. MAERZ and Eric S. Avery, Etc., Appellant, v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Date published: Feb 3, 2012

78 So. 3d 724 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 5D10–3356.

2012-02-3

Trudy R. MAERZ and Eric S. Avery, Etc., Appellant, v. DAIMLER CHRYSLER FINANCIAL TRUST, et al., Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Clayton Simmons, Judge.Fanny Nater, and Alan J. Landerman, of Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop, P.A, Orlando, for Appellant. Eric W. Neilsen, Michael Buckley and Lauren S. Curtis, of Buckley, Zinober, & Curtis, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County, Clayton Simmons, Judge.Fanny Nater, and Alan J. Landerman, of Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop, P.A, Orlando, for Appellant. Eric W. Neilsen, Michael Buckley and Lauren S. Curtis, of Buckley, Zinober, & Curtis, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the Order under review, see Rosado v. DaimlerChrysler Fin. Servs. Trust, 1 So.3d 1200 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009), review granted, No. SC09–390 (Fla. Nov. 9, 2011), and certify the following question as a matter of great public importance:

DOES THE GRAVES AMENDMENT, 49

U.S.C. § 30106, PREEMPT SECTION

324.021(9)(b) 1., FLORIDA STATUTES?

AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.

SAWAYA and MONACO, JJ., concur.

GRIFFIN, J., concurs in part and dissents in part, with opinion.

GRIFFIN, J., concurring in part, dissenting in part.

For what it is worth, I agree with Judge Altenbernd's dissent on the preemption issue in the Rosado case.