Charles L. Lieupo v. Simon's Trucking, Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-657 ____________ CHARLES L. LIEUPO, Petitioner, vs. SIMON’S TRUCKING, INC., Respondent. December 19, 2019 POLSTON, J. We review the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Simon’s Trucking, Inc. v. Lieupo,

244 So. 3d 370, 374

(Fla. 1st DCA 2018), a case in which the First District certified the following question of great public importance: DOES THE PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION CONTAINED IN SECTION 376.313(3), FLORIDA STATUTES, [of the 1983 Water Quality Assurance Act] PERMIT RECOVERY FOR PERSONAL INJURY? For the reasons explained below and…