RICHBELL v. TOUSSAINT

Nos. 4D14-4549 and 4D14-4550.

221 So.3d 764 (2017)

Gwen E. RICHBELL and Alan Richbell, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Devon Leigh Richbell, deceased, on behalf of Estate and on behalf of themselves as surviving parents, Appellants, v. Ernst TOUSSAINT, Wholfney K. Jean Francois, Grady Gray, Grady Gray Trucking, Inc., Shady Grady Trucking, Inc., Triple "H" Trucking, Inc., Jeffrey L. Lennard, and B.E. Lennard & Sons, LLC., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bard D. Rockenbach and Adam Richardson of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Gregg Schlesinger and Zane Berg of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Shannon Kain of Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Miami, and Peter A. Miller of Peter A. Miller & Associates, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellee Ernst Toussaint and Wholfney K. Jean Francois.

Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tallahassee, and David M. Goldstein of Marcos Rothman Scharf Valdez Nguyen & Goldstein, P.L., Hollywood, for appellees Jeffrey Lennard and B.E. Lennard & Sons, LLC.

Scott A. Cole and Daniel M. Schwarz of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Fort Lauderdale and Melinda S. Thornton of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for appellee Triple "H" Trucking Inc.

Warren Kwavnick of Cooney Trybus Kwavnick Peets, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Grady Gray and Grady Gray Trucking, Inc.


The plaintiffs appeal a final judgment in a wrongful death action. They argue the trial court erred in certain evidentiary rulings and in giving a special jury instruction. Two of the defendants cross-appeal an order denying their motion to limit the judgment against the owner of one of the vehicles...

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