PALMENTERE BROS. CARTAGE v. COPELAND

No. 1D17-2330.

277 So.3d 729 (2019)

PALMENTERE BROS. CARTAGE SERVICE, INC., Randy Jones, and Cherokee Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Heather COPELAND and Phillip Copeland, her husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. T. Fernandez, III and Austin Brown of Fernandez Trial Lawyers, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellants.

Kansas R. Gooden of Boyd & Jenerette, PA, Jacksonville; Robert M. Klein and Andrew M. Feldman of Klein Glasser Park & Lowe, P.L., Miami, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellants Palmentere Bros. Cartage Service, Inc. and Cherokee Insurance Company.

Benjamin E. Richard , Curry Gary Pajcic , and William A. Bald of Pajcic & Pajcic, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee Heather Copeland.

Philip M. Burlington and Adam Richardson of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Florida Justice Association, Amicus Curiae in support of Appellees Heather Copeland and Phillip Copeland.


On September 21, 2010, a tractor-trailer truck owned by Palmentere Brothers Cartage Service, Inc., and operated by its employee, Randy Jones ("Appellants" or "PBCS"), collided with a vehicle being driven by Heather Copeland. Copeland successfully sued for damages. Appellants now raise five points urging reversal of the verdict and post-verdict...

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