BRUNSON v. McKAY

No. 2D03-5622.

905 So.2d 1058 (2005)

Louise BRUNSON, Janice McRae, Tomisena Porter, Melvin A. McKay and Perry E. McKay, Appellants, v. Christine McKAY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alex D. McKay, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifton C. Curry, Jr., and Michael E. McGinn of Law Offices Curry & Associates, P.A., Brandon, for Appellants.

Jean Marie Henne, Winter Haven, and Celene Humphries of Putnam & Creighton, P.A., Lakeland, for Appellee.


WALLACE, Judge.

In this case we are called upon to review a probate court order approving the amount of a settlement in an action for damages under the Florida Wrongful Death Act, sections 768.16-.26, Florida Statutes (2002) (the Act), and authorizing payment of attorney's fees and costs from the settlement proceeds to the personal representative's attorney. The decedent's adult children contend that the probate court erred in ruling that they had no standing to be...

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