Trail Builders Supply Company v. Phillip Reagan, a Minor by Edwin H. Reagan, His Father, Etc.

In this Florida diversity action the facts and circumstances of the case are detailed in our former opinion reported at 409 F.2d 1059. We concluded there to submit the legal question for decision to the Florida Supreme Court under § 25.031, Florida Statutes Annotated 1961, F.S.A., and Rule 4.61, Florida Appellate Rules, 32 F.S.A. See Gaston v. Pittman, 5 Cir., 1969, 405 F.2d 869.

The question submitted by us under the Florida certification procedure to be answered by the Florida Supreme Court was as follows:

Whether, under the law of Florida, an employer who has made payments of compensation…