Crawford and Co. v. Dominguez
| Decision Date | 07 March 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 64533,64533 |
| Citation | 467 So.2d 281,10 Fla. L. Weekly 171 |
| Parties | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 171 CRAWFORD AND COMPANY, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Antonio DOMINGUEZ, Respondent. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal--Direct Conflict of Decisions; Third District--Case No. 81-1064.
George, Hartz, Burt & Lundeen, Miami, and Amy Shield Levine of Levine & Levine, Boca Raton, for petitioners.
R. Fred Lewis of Magill, Reid & Lewis, Miami, for respondent.
This cause is before us on petition to review a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal reported as Dominguez v. Equitable Life Assurance Society, 438 So.2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), in which the district court acknowledged conflict with Gmuer v. Garner, 426 So.2d 972 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution. We approve the decision of the district court in the instant case on the authority of our recent decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. McCarson, 467 So.2d 277 (Fla.1985), in which we expressly disapproved the Gmuer decision.
It is so ordered.
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