Title: Rodolfo Casas v. Siemens Energy And Automation, Inc.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC06-1063
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 15, 2007

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC06-1063 
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RODOLFO CASAS,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
SIEMENS ENERGY AND AUTOMATION, INC.,  
Respondent. 
 
[November 15, 2007] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
We have for review Casas v. Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., 927 So. 
2d 922 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006), in which the Third District Court of Appeal cited with 
approval its decision in Bombay Co., Inc. v. Bakerman, 891 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 3d 
DCA 2004), quashed, 961 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 2007).  At the time the Third District 
Court issued its decision in Casas, Bakerman was pending review in this Court.  
We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Jollie v. State, 405 So. 2d 
418 (Fla. 1981).     
     
We stayed proceedings in this case pending disposition of Bakerman, in 
which this Court ultimately quashed the Third District Court's underlying 
Bakerman decision.  See Bakerman v. Bombay Co., Inc., 961 So. 2d 259 (Fla. 
2007).  We accordingly issued an order directing respondent to show cause why 
we should not accept jurisdiction in the present case, quash the Casas decision, and 
remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Bakerman.  Upon 
consideration of respondent's response, petitioner's reply thereto, and the 
parties' previously filed jurisdictional briefs, we have determined to so proceed.   
     
We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case.  The 
decision under review is quashed and this matter is remanded to the Third District 
Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court's decision in 
Bakerman.   
    
 It is so ordered.   
 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, JJ., concur. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Direct 
Conflict of Decisions 
 
 
Third District - Case No. 3D04-742 
 
 
(Dade County) 
 
Philip D. Parrish, Miami, Florida, and Donna B. Michelson, Coconut Grove, 
Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
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John H. Pelzer of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster and Russell, P.A., Fort 
Lauderdale, Florida, 
 
 
for Respondent