Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1980

Cherin v. Southern Star Land & Cattle Co.

Cherin v. Southern Star Land & Cattle Co.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided November 4, 1980 · Hendry, Nesbitt, Schwartz
390 So. 2d 104; 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 18084 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cherin v. Southern Star Land & Cattle Co.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The order striking the plaintiff’s claim for failure to assert a class action for fraud is affirmed. Frankel v. City of Miami Beach, 340 So.2d 463 (Fla. 1976) and Osceola Groves v. Wiley, 78 So.2d 700 (Fla. 1955).

The Supreme Court, in Frankel v. City of Miami Beach, supra, has expressed doubt as to the desirability of continued adherence to the fraud class action rule enunciated in Osceola Groves, supra, and we are not privileged to overrule a principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. We therefore certify this question to the Supreme Court as one which passes upon a question of great public importance, so as to afford it a vehicle for review as provided for in Article V, Section 3(b)(4) of the Florida Constitution.

Affirmed.

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