Legal Opinion
Birge v. Charron
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 21, 2012No. SC10-1755PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLabarga, J.
We have for review Charron v. Birge, 37 So.3d 292 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010), a case in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified, by separate order, conflict with the Fourth District’s decision in Cevallos v. Rideout, 18 So.3d 661 (Fla. 4th DCA *3532009).1 The certified conflict involves the interaction of Florida’s comparative negligence system of tort recovery and a rebut-table presumption that has been imposed by Florida decisional law in rear-end motor vehicle collision cases. We have jurisdiction. See, Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We hold consistent with the Fifth District’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hoffman v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- McCain v. Florida Power CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- Moore v. MorrisSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Fabre v. MarinSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Cevallos v. RideoutSupreme Court of Florida · 2012
- Sewell v. Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
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