SANCHEZ v. DISCOUNT ROCK & SAND, INC.

No. 21-14132.

84 F.4th 1283 (2023)

Ricardo SANCHEZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Teresa Sanchez Quetglas, Elia Bonfante, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ana Gaitan Diaz, Francisco Cortes, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Margarita Cortes-Pardo, Julio Lopez-Bermejo Rossello, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Maria Lopez-Bermejo Rossello, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DISCOUNT ROCK & SAND, INC., a Florida Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Carlos Manso Blanco, individually, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: October 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Burlington , Nichole J. Segal , Burlington & Rockenbach, PA, West Palm Bch, FL, Benjamin Fernandez, IV , Paul Jon Layne , Carlos Eduardo Silva , Silva & Silva, PA, Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Andrea Cox , Luks Santaniello Petrillo Cohen & Peterfriend, Tallahassee, FL, Carmen Contreras-Martinez , Angela Cristina de Cespedes Wenke , Saul Ewing, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, and Luck and Marcus, Circuit Judges.


This case stems from a tragic car accident that claimed the lives of four young women. The women's estates sued Carlos Manso Blanco, the driver who rear-ended their car, for negligence. And the estates sued Blanco's employer, Discount Rock & Sand, Inc., for negligently entrusting the company's truck to Blanco and for vicarious...

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