LAZARO DESVERGUNDT, APPELLANT,
v.
KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., A/K/A HOOPER MANUFACTURER, INC., APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1987-04-28
No. 86-2833
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FERGUSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
506 So. 2d 60 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1987) Negative Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the summary judgment under review upon the authority of Shaw v. General Motors Corp., 503 So. 2d 362 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). As we did in Shaw, we certify the following questions of great public importance to the Supreme Court of Florida:

I. WHETHER THE LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 95.031(2), FLORIDA STATUTES (1983), ABOLISHING THE STATUTE OF REPOSE IN PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTIONS, SHOULD BE CONSTRUED TO OPERATE RETROSPECTIVELY AS TO A CAUSE OF ACTION WHICH ACCRUED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT.

II. IF NOT, WHETHER THE DECISION OF PULLUM V. CINCINNATI, INC., 476 S0.2D 657 (FLA.1985), APPEAL DISMISSED, — U.S. -, 106 S.CT. 1626, 90 L.ED.2D 174 (1986), WHICH OVERRULED BATTILLA V. ALLIS CHALMERS MFG. CO., 392 S0.2D 874 (FLA.1980), APPLIES SO AS TO BAR A CAUSE OF ACTION THAT ACCRUED AFTER THE BATTILLA DECISION BUT BEFORE THE PUL-LUM DECISION.

Affirmed.

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