MBL LIFE ASSUR. CORP. v. SUAREZ

Nos. 3D99-297, 3D99-360.

768 So.2d 1129 (2000)

MBL LIFE ASSURANCE CORP., a New Jersey Corp., Fisher Island Corp., a New Jersey Corp., as the General Partner of Island Developers, a Florida Limited Partnership, Island Developers, Ltd., individually and Michael S. Carter, Appellants, v. Guillermo SUAREZ, Jr. as Personal Representative of the Estate of Guillermo Suarez, Sr. and for the benefit of Guillermo Suarez, Jr., Sabrina Suarez Perez, Nathan Suarez and David Suarez, survivors, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A. and Bonita Kneeland Brown (Tampa), for appellant.

Chonin & Sher, P.A., and Neil Chonin, and Marilyn Sher, Coral Gables; Bruce S. Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl (Ft.Lauderdale); Phillips, Richard, Rind & Navarrete, P.A. and Libby Herrera-Navarrete, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GREEN and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of the appellee/plaintiff in a wrongful death case. The decedent Guillermo Suarez, Sr. was killed when his twenty-three foot pleasure boat collided with a ferryboat, the Flamingo, that was leaving Fisher Island to return automobiles and passengers to the Miami mainland. The plaintiff sued the appellants who are the owners and operators of the Fisher Island ferry...

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