Title: Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation v. Meta E. Jensen
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC00-833
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: February 8, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC00-833
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PIRELLI ARMSTRONG TIRE CORPORATION,
Petitioner,
vs.
META E. JENSEN,
Respondent.
[February 8, 2001]
PER CURIAM
We have for review a decision of the Second District Court of Appeal
certifying the following question to be of great public importance:
WHETHER THE APPLICATION OF A
CONTINGENCY RISK MULTIPLIER TO AN
AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES UNDER SECTION
768.79, FLORIDA STATUTES (1993), THE OFFER
OF JUDGMENT STATUTE, VIOLATE[S] THE
GUARANTEE OF EQUAL PROTECTION
AFFORDED UNDER THE UNITED STATES OR
FLORIDA CONSTITUTION?  
Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp. v. Jensen, 752 So. 2d 1275, 1276 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).    
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Under article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution, this Court has
jurisdiction to review "any decision of a district court of appeal that passes upon a
question certified by it to be of great public importance."  Because in rendering its
decision, the Second District did not pass upon the question certified to this Court, we
are without jurisdiction to review this case.  See Gee v. Seidman & Seidman, 653 So. 2d
384, 385 (Fla. 1995).  Accordingly, we dismiss review of this case as improvidently
granted.
It is so ordered. 
WELLS, C.J., and SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - 
Certified Great Public Importance
Second District - Case No. 2D97-04837 
(Hillsborough County)
Wendy F. Lumish and Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith
& Cutler, P.A., Miami, Florida,
for Petitioner
Hugh N. Smith and Diana L. Fuller of Smith & Fuller, P.A., Tampa, Florida,
for Respondents
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Sharon Lee Stedman, Orlando, Florida,
for the Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association, Amicus Curiae