BATES v. COOK, INC.

No. 85-3038.

840 F.2d 871 (1988)

H. Richard BATES, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dr. Philip O. Littleford, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. COOK, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert L. Allen, Duckworth, Allen, Dyer & Pettis, Lavinia Dierking, Orlando, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Michael P. McMahon, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, Fla., C. David Emhardt, Vincent O. Wagner, Steve E. Zlatos, Woodard, Weikart, Emhardt & Naughton, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, and GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

This court certified to the Florida Supreme Court the following question:

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