Florida Department of Transportation v. Dorthy Schwefringhaus

This case is before the Court for review of the. decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Department of Transportation v. CSX Transportation, Inc., 128 So.3d 209 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following questions, which the court certified to be of great public importance:

IS DOT BOUND BY A RAILROAD CROSSING AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH IT RECEIVED A REVOCABLE LICENSE TO USE- LAND AS RIGHT-OF-WAY IF THE SOLE CONSIDERATION FOR THE LICENSE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY THE RAILROAD FOR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF DOT’S ACTIVITY ON THE LAND?

IF SO, IS DOT’S…