Y.H. INVESTMENTS, INC., Petitioner,
v.
Raquel GODALES, individually, and as guardian of Armando Rodriguez, a minor, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 27, 1997.
March 27, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
G. Bart Billbrough and Geoffrey B. Marks of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, for Petitioner.
John M. Cooney and Robert L. Parks of Haggard, Parks & Stone, P.A., Coral Gables, for Respondent.
Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Florida Defense Lawyers' Association, Amicus Curiae.
Betsy E. Gallagher of Gallagher & Howard, Tampa, for United Services Automobile Association and USAA Casualty Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae.
James K. Clark of James K. Clark & Associates, Miami, for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Amicus Curiae.
Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Godales v. Y.H. Investments, Inc.,667 So.2d 871 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question which was certified to be of great public importance:
DOES SECTION 768.81, FLORIDA STATUTES (1993), REQUIRE THAT A MINOR CHILD PLAINTIFF'S AWARD BE REDUCED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF A NON-PARTY PARENT OR GUARDIAN, AND TO THE BENEFIT OF THE DEFENDANT TORTFEASOR?<...
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