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METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. DILLON

No. 74-105.

305 So.2d 36 (1974)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, Florida, et al., Appellants, v. Diane DILLON, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Darlene M. Dillon, a Deceased Minor, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knight, Peters, Hoeveler, Pickle, Niemoeller & Flynn, Miami, Richard H.W. Maloy, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Spence, Payne & Masington, Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered after a jury returned a verdict in favor of the parents of Darlene M. Dillon, a six-year-old girl, crushed to death beneath the wheels of a Dade County garbage truck.

The tragedy occurred on the morning of April 9, 1973 as the youngster was walking to school two blocks away from her home. The jury awarded the mother, Diane Dillon, $500,000, and the father, Arthur Dillon, $400,000, based upon a complaint...

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