United States Eleventh Circuit

In a multi-faceted appeal involving the collision of a passenger train with a hauler rig transporting a combustion turbine, the court: 1) affirmed rulings regarding restricted evidence and directed verdict as to the amount of damages insurance company had proven; 2) held that transport of a combustion turbine is inherently dangerous as a matter of Florida law; and 3) certified three questions to the Florida Supreme Court regarding state law sovereign immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2002
• Published 03/26/2002

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG , Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Ramer Karcher, Underwood, Karcher, Karcher & Anderson, PA, Miami, FL, William L. Eagan, Arnold, Matheny & Eagan, P.A., Orlando, FL, James M. Warden, Shawnee Mission, KS, Richards H. Ford, Michael R. D'Lugo, Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford, PA, J. Charles Ingram, Orlando, FL, for Appellants., Thomas E. Warner, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae, State of Florida.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sutton G. Hilyard, Jr., Hilyard, Bogan, Palmer & Lockeby, P.A., Michael J. Roper, Ernest H. Kohlmyer, III, Bell, Leeper & Roper, P.A., Alton G. Pitts, Alton G. Pitts, P.A., Thomas M. Burke, Holland & Knight, LLP, John W. Bussey, III, Johnson & Bussey, Bobby G. Palmer, Jr., Orlando, FL, Daniel John Fleming, Melkus & Fleming, Tampa, FL, L. Lee Williams, Jr., Williams & Gautier, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellees.