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Ralph LUGO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jane Lugo, deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PATIENT’S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellee.
    No. 83-932.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    June 12, 1984.
    Rehearing Denied July 17, 1984.
    Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, Schwartz & Rothschild, Hollywood, for appellant.
    Steel, Hector & Davis and Samuel J. Dubbin, Miami, Perkins & Collins and Samuel Neel, Tallahassee, for appellee.
    
      Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Fabal v. Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, 452 So.2d 946 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Taddiken v. Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund, 449 So.2d 956 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

The appellant’s motion for rehearing is denied. However, we hereby certify to the Supreme Court of Florida that the decision in this case involves the following question of great public importance:

Whether a claim against the Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund arises at the time of the alleged medical malpractice, rather than when judgment is entered against the tortfeasor, and is governed by the two year statute of limitations provided by Section 95.11(4)(b), Florida Statutes (1977), so that the Fund must be made or joined as a party defendant within two years after the malpractice action accrues?