Opinion
No. 98-1729.
Opinion filed September 29, 1999.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jack H. Cook, Judge; L.T. No. CL-97-2063 AJ.
Donald P. Kohl of Donald P. Kohl, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Michele L. McNichol of Katz, Barron, Squitero, Faust Berman, P.A., Miami, for appellees.
ON APPELLEES' MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION
We grant appellees' motion for certification and certify the following question to be of great public importance:
IN DETERMINING WHEN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS BEGINS TO RUN ON THE COMMON LAW TORT OF CREDIT SLANDER, SHOULD COURTS APPLY THE "SINGLE PUBLICATION RULE" AT ISSUE IN WAGNER, NUGENT, JOHNSON, ROTH, ROMANO, ERIKSON KUPFER, P.A. v. FLANAGAN, 629 So.2d 113 (FLA. 1993), OR THE "MULTIPLE PUBLICATION RULE?"
DELL, POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.