This isn’t my case.
In the early morning hours of May 29, 2011, Anthony Panzera, was crossing an interstate while walking. A Publix tractor trailer hit him and killed him.
In an accidental (wrongful) death case in Florida, a personal representative brings the case of the estate and each survivor. [Read more…]
In Florida, the Wrongful Death Act allows several types of survivors to recover mental pain and suffering damages if someone’s negligence kills a relative.
Actual Case (not my case): $1.5 million Verdict for the family of a 21-year-old college student, Anthony Makowski, who was allegedly strangled to death in a fight at McDonald’s in Pasco County, Florida.
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This is not my case but there was a $12 Million dollar verdict for the parents of a boy who was killed when his mother claimed that he was hit by a minivan. Rather than just provide the facts of the case and verdict, I explain why I think the verdict was so high and my opinions on the verdict. [Read more…]
If you are an adult child, and one of your parents was killed in an accident you may be able to get money for pain and suffering if:
1. Someone else caused the accident; and
2. Only if the deceased parent does not have a surviving spouse.
An adult child is a child that is 25 years old or older. “Minor children” are entitled to mental pain and suffering if their parent dies from an accident caused by someone else. The Florida Wrongful Death Act states that damages for lost parental companionship, instruction, and guidance and for mental pain and suffering from the date of injury, awardable to the decedent’s adult children are only recoverable by adult children if the decedent does not have a surviving spouse.