Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ion system – in essence a vertical quarantine. First, it requires three vertical layers of distribution (manufacturer, distributor, and vendor) and mandates that no layer in the vertical hierarchy act in the capacity of another. FLA. STAT. ANN. § 561.22(1) (West 2002). For example, a manufacturer cannot act as a distributor or retailer....

...An exception to the vertical quarantine is carved out for in-state wineries, which are allowed to receive vendors’ permits. Id. § 4 The parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Fact for Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment on May 25, 2001. 3 561.221(1)(a)....

...The statute carves out an exception for wineries, enabling them to obtain vendors’ licenses provided that “the licensed premises of the vendor are situated on property contiguous to the manufacturing premises of the licensed manufacturer of wine.” FLA. STAT. ANN. § 561.221(1)(a)....

...winery’s premises. Rather, it merely confines those wineries eligible for a vendor’s license to those with a sales outlet on contiguous property. It says nothing about additional sales off the premises, so long as contiguous premises are maintained. Since section 561.221 allows wineries to attain vendors’ licenses and section 561.57 grants vendors the right to deliver alcohol to consumers (so long as the vendors’ vehicles are used), the best reading of the statute is that the winery-turned-vendor,...

...ion system – in essence a vertical quarantine. First, it requires three vertical layers of distribution (manufacturer, distributor, and vendor) and mandates that no layer in the vertical hierarchy act in the capacity of another. FLA. STAT. ANN. § 561.22(1) (West 2002). For example, a manufacturer cannot act as a distributor or retailer....

...An exception to the vertical quarantine is carved out for in-state wineries, which are allowed to receive vendors’ permits. Id. § 4 The parties filed a Joint Stipulation of Fact for Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment on May 25, 2001. 3 561.221(1)(a)....

...The statute carves out an exception for wineries, enabling them to obtain vendors’ licenses provided that “the licensed premises of the vendor are situated on property contiguous to the manufacturing premises of the licensed manufacturer of wine.” FLA. STAT. ANN. § 561.221(1)(a)....

...winery’s premises. Rather, it merely confines those wineries eligible for a vendor’s license to those with a sales outlet on contiguous property. It says nothing about additional sales off the premises, so long as contiguous premises are maintained. Since section 561.221 allows wineries to attain vendors’ licenses and section 561.57 grants vendors the right to deliver alcohol to consumers (so long as the vendors’ vehicles are used), the best reading of the statute is that the winery-turned-vendor,...

...ailer—but prohibited out-of-state wineries from doing the same. Compare Fla. Stat. §§ 561.54 and 561.545 (generally prohibiting the direct delivery of alcoholic bev- erages to Florida consumers from out of state), and id. § 561.22(1) (generally prohibiting manufacturers from obtaining vendor li- censes), with § 561.221(1)(a) (providing an exception for Florida wine manufacturers—e.g., wineries—which may obtain vendor li- censes to sell directly to consumers). Two decades ago, the Plaintiffs challenged Florida’s direct...