Mazzoni and other commercial growers of trees and shrubs allegedly were injured when the DuPont commercial product Benlate caused the mass destruction of their inventory. They sued and later reached a settlement, but later sued on grounds DuPont had concealed important information, making the settlement fraudulent. The federal trial judge dismissed the second suit, and the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals certified questions to the Florida Supreme Court during the later appeal.