Opinion
Case No. 3D99-1597.
Opinion filed September 20, 2000. July Term, A.D. 2000.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Stuart M. Simons, Judge; Lower Tribunal No. 97-13527.
Aballi, Milne, Kalil Garrigo and Hendrik G. Milne, and Anthony V. Falzon, for appellants.
Cohen, Norris, Scherer, Weinberger Wolmer and James S. Telepman (North Palm Beach); Keith Mack LLP, and Robert A. Cohen and Jack R. Reiter, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GREEN and FLETCHER, JJ.
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
Although appellants' motion for rehearing is denied, we certify to the Supreme Court of Florida that the decision herein passes upon the following question of great public importance:
Whether § 627.792, Fla. Stat. (1997), which provides that an insurer is liable for the misfeasance of a "licensed title insurance agent" applies to a title insurance agent who is an attorney and is therefore exempt from licensing as a title insurance agent by the Department of Insurance under § 626.8417, Fla. Stat. (1997).