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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. FERGUSON TRANSPORTATION, INC. f/k/a Murray Van & Storage, Inc., and Award Winning Murray Van and Storage, Inc.; North American Van Lines, Inc., a foreign corporation; Advance Relocation & Storage of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation; B. Nilsson Moving & Storage; T. James Molloy and William Grochowski, Appellees.
    No. 92-1788.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    March 23, 1994.
    William G. Reeves, Gen. Counsel, and Anthony F. DiMarco, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, and Deborah Guller, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Miami, for appellant.
    Edna L. Caruso of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Searcy, Denney, Searola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee Ferguson Transp., Inc.
    Marjorie Gadarian Graham, Marjorie Ga-darian Graham, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Mark E. Haddad, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for appellee North American Van Lines, Inc.
   RAMIREZ, JUAN, Jr., Associate Judge.

This appeal raises the applicability and effective date of Florida Statutes section 768.73(2)(b) (1993). The State’s interest was predicated on a jury award of $13,000,000.00 in punitive damages on behalf of Ferguson Transportation, Inc. We have reversed the award for punitive damages thereby making the issues raised in this appeal moot.

GUNTHER and STONE, JJ., concur.