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Willer v. Pierce

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 29, 1987
505 So. 2d 441 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 4-86-0955.

April 29, 1987.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Indian River County; Charles E. Smith, Judge.

Karen E. Roselli of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone Roselli, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Michael Hoenig of Herzfeld and Rubin, P.C., New York, and Peter L. Wechsler, Myron Shapiro, and Wendy F. Lumish of Rumberger, Wechsler Kirk, Miami, for appellees.


We affirm, although we have considerable sympathy for the appellants who have apparently been deprived of a cause of action even before such cause arose by reason of the operation of the 12-year statute of repose, see Pullum v. Cincinnati, Inc., 476 So.2d 657 (Fla. 1985), which was abolished by the legislature in 1986. Notwithstanding our affirmance we certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court as issues of great public importance:

1. DOES THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN PULLUM APPLY RETROACTIVELY SO AS TO BAR CAUSES OF ACTION THAT ACCRUED BEFORE THE DATE OF THAT DECISION?

2. SHOULD THE ABOLITION OF THE 12-YEAR STATUTE OF REPOSE BY THE LEGISLATURE BE CONSTRUED TO OPERATE RETROACTIVELY TO PRESERVE CAUSES OF ACTION THAT ACCRUED PRIOR THERETO?

ANSTEAD and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., and KLEIN, HERBERT M., Associate Judge, concur.


Summaries of

Willer v. Pierce

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 29, 1987
505 So. 2d 441 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

Willer v. Pierce

Case Details

Full title:MEGAN L. WILLER AND WILLIAM WILLER, HER HUSBAND, APPELLANTS, v. JUDITH P…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 29, 1987

Citations

505 So. 2d 441 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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