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AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. v. MEJIA

No. 4D99-1719.

766 So.2d 305 (2000)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Appellant, v. Libardo Abraham MEJIA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Conigliaro, Emmet J. Schwartzman, and Wendy F. Lumish of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Ivan F. Cabrera, Richard J. Roselli and Kelley B. Gelb of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Roselli, Buser, Slama & Hancock, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

FARMER, Judge.

We have in hand a probate order determining that appellee was the spouse of the deceased. This determination arises in the midst of a wrongful death action in federal court in which his claim to be the spouse is being contested by appellant, the defendant in the federal court action. We reverse.

Carmen Cabrejo was a flight attendant for American Airlines (American). In December 1995, American Flight 965 crashed en route from Miami to Cali, Colombia...

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