NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION v. AHMED

No. 94-0949.

653 So.2d 1055 (1995)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK), and CSX Transportation Inc., Appellants, v. Joann Benton AHMED, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose L. Gresham, a/k/a Joe Gresham, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Motion for Rehearing or Certification Denied May 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew E. Grigsby of Corlett Killian, P.A., Miami, and William G. Ballaine of Siff Rosen, P.C., New York City, for appellants.

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Law Offices of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Wilton L. Strickland of Law Offices of Strickland & Seidule, and Joseph J. Slama of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone & Rosselli, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We affirm the appealed final judgment and order denying appellants' motion for a new trial and/or remittitur rendered on the same day.

The decedent, Jose (a/k/a Joe) Gresham was injured in an Amtrak train derailment in South Carolina on July 31, 1991, and died from his injuries on August 28, 1991. Appellees, the estate of Jose Gresham, six surviving adult children and one surviving stepchild of Mr. Gresham from two previous marriages, filed suit...

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