Case Name: Josephine DORSE, as Personal Representative to the Estate of Alfred Dorse, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1988-02-16
Citations: 837 F.2d 957
Docket Number: No. 85-5334
Parties: Josephine DORSE, as Personal Representative to the Estate of Alfred Dorse, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HILL, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON and BROWN , Senior Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 837
Pages: 957–958

Head Matter:
Josephine DORSE, as Personal Representative to the Estate of Alfred Dorse, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants, Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 85-5334.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Feb. 16, 1988.
Susan J. Cole, Coral Gables, Fla., Catherine Baumer, Spriggs, Bode & Hollings-worth, Joe G. Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.
Louis S. Robles, Miami, Fla., for Alfred Dorse.
Jane N. Saginaw, Charles S. Siegel, Dallas, Tex., for Josephine Dorse.
Before HILL, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON and BROWN , Senior Circuit Judges.
Honorable John R. Brown, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
HILL, Circuit Judge:
Following oral argument in this case, we certified a question of law to the Florida Supreme Court. Dorse v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., 798 F.2d 1372 (1986). That opinion contains a summary of the facts, which need not be repeated here.
The Florida Supreme Court has now answered the certified question. Dorse v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., 513 So. 2d 1265 (Fla.1987). As the Florida Supreme Court has now held that a "military contractor's defense" will be recognized in Florida law under certain specified circumstances, we vacate the previous district court's opinion in this case, and remand to the district court for further consideration of the issues presented.
VACATED and REMANDED.