Kratz v. Newsom

This cause is before us on petition for writ of certiorari to review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, Second District, reported at 251 So.2d 539, a decision certified to this Court as one passing on a question of great public interest, to-wit:

“Is it reversible error to deny a motion to sever from trial an insurance company joined as party defendant pursuant to Shingleton v. Bussey, Fla. 1969, 223 So.2d 713, where the record does not show any specific reason either for the presence of the insurance company or for excluding it at trial from the jury’s knowledge of its involvement?”

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