Case Name: Andrew COZINE, etc. et al., Petitioners/Appellants, v. Ralph TULLO, Jr., etc. et al., Respondents/Appellees
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-01-29
Citations: 394 So. 2d 115
Docket Number: Nos. 58099, 58143
Parties: Andrew COZINE, etc. et al., Petitioners/Appellants, v. Ralph TULLO, Jr., etc. et al., Respondents/Appellees.
Judges: SUNDERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD and ENGLAND, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 394
Pages: 115–117

Head Matter:
Andrew COZINE, etc. et al., Petitioners/Appellants, v. Ralph TULLO, Jr., etc. et al., Respondents/Appellees.
Nos. 58099, 58143.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan. 29, 1981.
A. J. Barranco, Jr., and Steven Kellough of Law Offices of A. J. Barranco, Jr., Miami, for petitioners/appellants.
Philip E. DeBerard, III, Law Offices of Richard M. Welsh, Miami, for respondents/appellees.
Larry Klein, West Palm Beach, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a combined appeal and petition for certiorari from an order of the trial judge striking Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company from a personal injury action brought against its insured. In doing so the court upheld the constitutionality of section 768.045, Florida Statutes (1977). We have jurisdiction. The issue is whether this statute is an impermissible invasion of this Court's rulemaking authority. For the reasons expressed in Markert v. Johnston, 367 So.2d 1003 (Fla.1978), we hold that it is and that the statute is unconstitutional.
This cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this holding.
It is so ordered.
SUNDERG, C. J., and ADKINS, BOYD and ENGLAND, JJ., concur.
McDONALD, J., dissents with an opinion with which OVERTON and ALDERMAN, JJ., concur.