Legal Opinion
Essex Ins. Co. v. Mercedes Zota
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 6, 2006No. 05-13457, 05-14671PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an insurance coverage dispute arising in Florida, the proper resolution of which depends on unsettled state law. The answers to the state law questions at the core of the case are sufficiently unclear and difficult that we think the proper course is to certify them to the Florida Supreme Court, which can provide authoritative answers.
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Mercedes Zota was injured when she fell from scaffolding while painting a mural on the second story ceiling of a home under construction in Lighthouse Point, Florida. Zota was performing work as a salaried employee of…
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- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Crown Life Ins. Co. v. McBrideSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- AIU Ins. Co. v. Block Marina Inv., Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1989
- PURRELL v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
- United States v. Jean Carlo FerreiraCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
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