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HAMBLEN v. PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS, LLC

No. 1D19-1613.

312 So.3d 218 (2021)

Michael HAMBLEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Samantha Hamblen, Appellant, v. PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS, LLC, d/b/a Flying J, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

February 26, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Fasig and Rose Kasweck of Fasig Brooks, Tallahassee; Bryan S. Gowdy of Creed and Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Daniel S. Weinger , Daniel J. Santaniello , Dale J. Paleschic , and Alec G. Masson of Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Cohen, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.

In an issue of first impression, we are called upon to determine what final judgment means in section 768.24 of the Florida Wrongful Death Act. We decline the Estate's invitation to adopt a new interpretation of the phrase and instead apply the reasoning in our decision interpreting a similar term in Pruitt v. Brock,

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