MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS v. BERMUDEZ

No. 3D13-2153.

145 So.3d 157 (2014)

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, etc., Appellant, v. Carlos BERMUDEZ, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernardo Roman III ; Yesenia Lara and Yinet Pino ; Daniel Davis , Miami, for appellant.

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., and Nancy C. Ciampa , Jack Reiter , and Paul A. Calli , Miami; John G. Crabtree , and George R. Baise, Jr. , Key Biscayne , and Ramon M. Rodriguez , Miami, for appellees.

Before SALTER, LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.


LOGUE, J.

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of South Florida appeals from a final judgment of $4.1 million. We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This matter began when Carlos Bermudez sued two members of the Tribe, Tammy Gwen Billie and Jimmie Bert, for damages resulting from a tragic automobile accident in which a car driven by Billie and owned by Bert crashed into Bermudez's car, killing Bermudez's wife and injuring Bermudez and his son. Following...

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