SC94079 Nova Southeastern University, Inc. v. Bethany Jill Gross

State: Florida

Docket No: sc94079

Case Date: 03/30/2000

Plaintiff: SC94079 Nova Southeastern University, Inc.

Defendant: Bethany Jill Gross

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NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, INC., etc., Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, vs. BETHANY JILL GROSS, Respondent, Cross-Petitioner. [March 30, 2000] QUINCE, J. We have for review a decision on the following question certified by the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Gross v. Family Services Agency, Inc., 716 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998), to be of great public importance: WHETHER A UNIVERSITY MAY BE FOUND LIABLE IN TORT WHERE IT ASSIGNS A STUDENT TO AN INTERNSHIP SITE WHICH IT KNOWS TO BE UNREASONABLY DANGEROUS BUT GIVES NO WARNING, OR INADEQUATE WARNING, TO THE STUDENT, AND THE STUDENT IS SUBSEQUENTLY INJURED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNSHIP?

We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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