District Court of Appeal of Florida

Petition for writ of certiorari is granted, and denial of motion for dismissal in an asbestos claim is quashed, where the application of the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act to plaintiff was not unconstitutionally retroactive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2007
• Published 02/07/2007

Judges

• ROTHENBERG, Judge., Before WELLS, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bell & Melamed and Jeffrey M. Bell, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner., Ullman, Bursa, Hoffman & Ragano and Daniel S. Green;  Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker and Tracy Raffles Gunn, Tampa, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae., Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Frank Cruz-Alvarez, Miami, for The Associated Industries of Florida, American Insurance Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Tort Reform Association, American Chemistry Council, and National Association of Manufacturers, as amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Lipman and Rebecca S. Shull and Marisol Estevez, Miami;  Jonathan Ruckdeschel, Maryland, for respondents.