Case Name: Bonita KUHN, as natural guardian of Keith Anderson, Appellant, v. Grover E. HARLESS and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-11-12
Citations: 390 So. 2d 723
Docket Number: No. 77-1995
Parties: Bonita KUHN, as natural guardian of Keith Anderson, Appellant, v. Grover E. HARLESS and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: ANSTEAD, J., and JAMES C. DAUKSCH, Jr., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 390
Pages: 723–724

Head Matter:
Bonita KUHN, as natural guardian of Keith Anderson, Appellant, v. Grover E. HARLESS and Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 77-1995.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 12, 1980.
Joel Miller of Miller & Squire, Chartered, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Joseph S. Kashi of Crimmett, Conrad, Scherer & James, Fort Lauderdale, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
MOORE, Judge.
Upon consideration of the appellees' petition for rehearing and appellant's response, we find the question presented by this appeal one of great public importance. Accordingly, we adhere to our original opinion, 390 So.2d 721, and certify the following question to the Supreme Court as one of great public importance:
DOES THE ENTRY OF A DEFAULT AGAINST A DEFENDANT FOR VIOLATION OF DISCOVERY ORDERS IN A NEGLIGENCE ACTION PRECLUDE THAT DEFENDANT FROM REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF HIS LIABILITY BY PROOF OF THE PLAINTIFF'S COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE?
ANSTEAD, J., and JAMES C. DAUKSCH, Jr., Associate Judge, concur.