Rousseff v. E.F. Hutton Co.

HILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment following a jury verdict in favor of the appel-lee, Christ Rousseff, on his federal and state securities fraud claims. We reverse the judgment entered on the federal claim and the state common law fraud claim due to the district court’s failure to submit the issue of proximate cause to the jury. We are unable to discern, however, whether or not this flaw in the trial proceedings is fatal to the claim under the antifraud provision of the Florida Investor Protection Act, Fla.Stat. § 517.301. We therefore certify this question of Florida law…