8/28/19 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Frederic Guttenberg, etc., et al. v. The School Board of Broward County SC19-487

A shooting incident at a high school in Broward County resulted in seventeen deaths and numerous injuries in 2018. Mr. Guttenberg and others filed motions in the trial court to determine whether the school shooting was a single occurrence or whether each shot that produced a separate injury was a separate occurrence. The School Board of Broward County argued the incident was a single occurrence and its sovereign immunity limits financial recovery for victims under Florida law. The trial court ruled in favor of the School Board of Broward County. Mr. Guttenberg appealed the ruling to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, and the Fourth DCA certified a question of great public importance to this Court.