Mathis v. Foote Steel Corp.

515 So. 2d 983, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 596, 1987 Fla. LEXIS 2547, 1987 WL 21484

• Court: Supreme Court of Florida
• Decided: December 3, 1987
• Docket: No. 70255
• Status: Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The district court of appeal in Mathis v. Foote Steel Corp., 502 So.2d 947 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987), affirmed the dismissal of petitioners’ product liability action upon the authority of Pait v. Ford Motor Co., 500 So.2d 743 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). Because this Court had accepted jurisdiction to review Pait, we accepted jurisdiction on the petition for review filed in the instant case upon the authority of Jollie v. State, 405 So.2d 418 (Fla.1981). Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. Based upon the rationale of Melendez v. Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Co., 515 So.2d 735 (Fla.1987), we have now approved the decision in Pait v. Ford Motor Co., 515 So.2d 1278 (Fla.1987). Therefore, we also approve the decision of the district court of appeal in the instant case.

It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and OVERTON, EHRLICH, SHAW, BARKETT, GRIMES and KOGAN, JJ., concur.