TORTS: WRONGFUL DEATH: PROBATE COURT LACKED JURISIDICTION TO REALLOCATE DAMAGES TO SURVIVORS BASED UPON THEIR PRETRIAL AGREEMENT: AN AWARD OF WRONGFUL DEATH DAMAGES TO SURVIVORS IS NOT PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE THAT INTERESTED PARTIES MAY AGREE TO REALLOCATE

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Pitcher v. Waldo, ___ So. 3d ___, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D726 (Fla. 4th DCA March 25, 2015)

The parents agreed to split wrongful death damages to survivors 60% to the mother and 40% to the father, but the jury awarded $1 million to the mother and only $100,000 to the father. The father filed a petition for declaratory … Click To Read Full Case Law Review...

TORTS: WRONGFUL DEATH: PROBATE COURT LACKED JURISIDICTION TO REALLOCATE DAMAGES TO SURVIVORS BASED UPON THEIR PRETRIAL AGREEMENT: AN AWARD OF WRONGFUL DEATH DAMAGES TO SURVIVORS IS NOT PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE THAT INTERESTED PARTIES MAY AGREE TO REALLOCATE

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Pitcher v. Waldo, ___ So. 3d ___, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D726 (Fla. 4th DCA March 25, 2015)

The parents agreed to split wrongful death damages to survivors 60% to the mother and 40% to the father, but the jury awarded $1 million to the mother and only $100,000 to the father. The father filed a petition for declaratory … Click To Read Full Case Law Review...