AMERADA HESS CORP. v. FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.

No. 4D00-1536.

782 So.2d 445 (2001)

AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, a Foreign corporation, Appellant, v. FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., d/b/a Burdines, Burdines, Inc., The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., d/b/a Prescriptives, Estee Lauder, Inc., d/b/a Prescriptives, Prescriptives, Inc., Prescriptives, Co., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sherman and Rosemary B. Wilder of Richard A. Sherman, P.A. and Richard B. Doyle, Jr., of Law Offices of Loughren and Doyle, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Rhea Grossman and Michael Kraft of Carman, Beauchamp, Sang & Topkin, P.A., Boca Raton, for Appellee-Federated Department Stores, d/b/a Burdines and Burdines, Inc.

Caryn Bellus-Lewis of Kubicki Draper, Miami, for Appellees-The Estee Lauder Companies, d/b/a Prescriptives, Estee Lauder, Inc., d/b/a Prescriptives, Prescriptives, Inc., Prescriptives, Co.


SHAHOOD, J.

We have for review the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees, the defendants in this action for reimbursement for property damages incurred as a result of the negligence of appellees' employee. We reverse.

On August 23, 1995, Carmen Bernard (Bernard) caused her car to collide with a tractor trailer owned by Amerada Hess Corporation (Hess). On June 7, 1996, Hess settled its claims against Bernard for $10,000, the limits of...

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