Industrial Indem. v. Crown Auto Dealerships

Full title: INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, A FOREIGN INSURANCE CORPORATION…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Jun 29, 1994

24 F.3d 151 (11th Cir. 1994)

Opinion

No. 90-3359.

June 29, 1994.

William F. McGowan, Jr., Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith Cutler, P.A., Tampa, FL, Joseph W. Dorn, J. Vance Hughes and Thomas K. Bick, Kilpatrick Cody, Washington, DC, for appellants.

Robert E. Austin, Jr., Austin, Lawrence Landis, Leesburg, FL and Hal K. Litchford, Orlando, FL, for appellee.

Jeff G. Peters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, FL, amicus curiae, State of Fla.

Thomas W. Brunner, Wiley, Rein Fielding, Washington, DC, amicus curiae, Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. (Nos. 88-00745, 88-01528, 89-00462, 89-00463-CIV-T-10(B)), Wm. Terrell Hodges, Judge.

Before ANDERSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON^_, Senior Circuit Judge.

_ Honorable Floyd R. Gibson, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

In an opinion published at 935 F.2d 240 (11th Cir. 1991), the controlling issue of law in this case was certified to the Supreme Court of Florida. That court has now ruled. Dimmitt Chevrolet, Inc. v. Southeastern Fidelity Insurance Corp., 636 So.2d 700 (Fla. 1993), reh'g den. (Fla. March 31, 1994).

Pursuant to the opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida, the judgment of the district court is

AFFIRMED.