Case Name: DAYS INN OF AMERICA, INC., n/k/a Buckhead America Corporation, CFS Service Corporation, and Beck Group Management Company, Appellants, v. Shelley Clay MAUS and David Michael Simonetti, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-25
Citations: 701 So. 2d 350
Docket Number: No. 96-3125
Parties: DAYS INN OF AMERICA, INC., n/k/a Buckhead America Corporation, CFS Service Corporation, and Beck Group Management Company, Appellants, v. Shelley Clay MAUS and David Michael Simonetti, Appellees.
Judges: BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 701
Pages: 350–351

Head Matter:
DAYS INN OF AMERICA, INC., n/k/a Buckhead America Corporation, CFS Service Corporation, and Beck Group Management Company, Appellants, v. Shelley Clay MAUS and David Michael Simonetti, Appellees.
No. 96-3125.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 25, 1997.
Dwight Chamberlin of Ebbets, Armstrong & Chamberlin, Daytona Beach, for Appellants.
Gary Pajcie and Robert J. Link of Pajcie & Pajcie, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is before us on appeal from an order denying Appellants' motion for new trial following a jury verdict in favor of Ap-pellees in their premises liability suit. Appellants raise four issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion.
Both prior to and during trial, Appellants requested that the jury verdict form include the intentional tortfeasor for purposes of apportioning fault under section 768.81, Florida Statutes. The trial court denied Appellants' requests based on Fabre v. Marin, 623 So.2d 1182 (Fla.1993), and the Fourth District's recent opinion in Slawson v. Fast Food Enterprises, 671 So.2d 255 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). The jury subsequently found Appellants liable and awarded Appellees damages in the amount of $219,775.
In Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. McDonald, 676 So.2d 12 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. granted, 687 So.2d 1804 (Fla.1996), we held that intentional tortfeasors are not to be included within the concept of fault when determining a negligent party's percentage of liability under section 768.81, Florida Statutes. Accordingly, we hold that the trial court in this case did not err. In an abundance of caution, however, we certify the same questions of great public importance as those certified in McDonald:
IS AN ACTION ALLEGING THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE DEFENDANTS IN FAILING TO EMPLOY REASONABLE SECURITY MEASURES, WITH SAID OMISSION RESULTING IN AN INTENTIONAL, CRIMINAL ACT BEING PERPETRATED UPON THE PLAINTIFF BY A NON-PARTY ON PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY THE DEFENDANTS, AN "ACTION BASED UPON AN INTENTIONAL TORT" PURSUANT TO SECTION 768.81(4)(b), FLORIDA STATUTES (1993), SO THAT THE DOCTRINE OF JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY APPLIES?
IN SUCH AN ACTION, IS IT REVERSIBLE ERROR FOR THE TRIAL COURT TO EXCLUDE AN INTENTIONAL, CRIMINAL NON-PARTY TORTFEASOR FROM THE VERDICT FORM?
The final judgment is AFFIRMED.
BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
JOANOS, J., concurring specially with written opinion.