Supreme Court of Florida

In a class-action suit alleging that defendant overcharged day laborers for transportation between defendant's labor halls and its worksites in violation of Florida Statutes section 448.24(1)(b), judgment for defendants is affirmed and declaration that the statute was unconstitutionally vague is reversed where: 1) defendant was not liable to plaintiff under the statute because its transportation charges were within the statutory requirement that employers charge a "reasonable amount" for such transportation; and 2) because the case could be decided on those grounds, the court should refrain from deciding the constitutional question.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/31/2008
• Published 07/31/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John G. Crabtree of The Florida Appellate Alliance, PLC, Key Biscayne, Florida, David J. George and Stuart A. Davidson, of Coughlin, Stoia, Geller, Rudman, and Robbins, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, Gregg I. Shavitz and Perry Tanksley of The Shavitz Labor Pool Law Firm, PLC, Boca Raton, FL, and Shannon McLin Carlyle of The Florida Appellate Alliance, PLC, The Villages, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• T. Todd Pittenger of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor, and Reed, P.A., Orlando, FL, and Thomas R. Tatum of Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny, and Crosby, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellee.