BURCH v. SUN STATE FORD, INC.

No. 5D02-2807.

864 So.2d 466 (2004)

Laverica BURCH, etc., et al., Appellants, v. SUN STATE FORD, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl D. Parks and Kendra N. Davis, of Parks & Crump, LLC, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

Dennis R. O'Connor and Warren B. Kwavnick, of Cooney, Mattson, Lance, Blackburn, Richards & O'Connor, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for Appellant, Willie Gene Beauford, Jr.

Gina Caruso Albanese and Robert K. Tucker, of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Ft. Lauderdale for Appellee, Sun State Ford, Inc.

Lucinda A. Hofmann, of Holland & Knight LLP, Miami, Amicus Curiae, Attorneys for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, for Appellee, Sun State Ford.


TORPY, J.

Appellants, as joint personal representatives of Aaryon Miles' estate, challenge the entry of summary judgment in favor of Appellee, Sun State Ford, Inc., ("Sun State") in this wrongful death case. The lower court determined that Sun State, as owner of the vehicle driven by Willie Gene Beauford, Jr. ("Beauford"), was not vicariously liable under the dangerous instrumentality doctrine ("the doctrine") because Beauford's manner of driving amounted to intentional...

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