FDOT v. CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES

No. 4D09-1341.

67 So.3d 1162 (2011)

STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT"), Appellant, v. CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES; Yvette Lorenzo, personal representative of the Estate and survivors of Officer Orestes Lorenzo, deceased; William J. Russo, individually; Natasha Russo, individually; and Calvin Giordano & Associates, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doreen E. Lasch and Daniel J. Santaniello of Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo, Gold & Jones, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Scott D. Alexander and E. Bruce Johnson of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee City of Pembroke Pines.

Lauri Waldman Ross of Ross & Girten, Miami, and Ervin A. Gonzalez and Patrick S. Montoya of Colson Hicks Eidson , Coral Gables, for appellee Yvette Lorenzo.


STEVENSON, J.

This is the companion appeal to Russo v. Lorenzo, 67 So.3d 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). These appeals stem from a wrongful death suit filed after police officer Orestes Lorenzo died as the result of injuries sustained from a car crash that resulted in his car hitting the median, rolling over, and striking a palm tree. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) was among the named defendants and, in this appeal...

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