Case Name: 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
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-03-23
Citations: 633 So. 2d 127
Docket Number: No. 92-1788
Parties: 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.
Judges: GUNTHER and STONE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 633
Pages: 127–127

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.