VILDIBILL v. JOHNSON

No. 84-3630.

802 F.2d 1347 (1986)

Nancy C. VILDIBILL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Steven Allen Paul, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eddie JOHNSON, AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc., and Transport Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd R. Stern, Paul Antinori, Jr., Antinori & Thury, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gwynne Young, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before VANCE and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether under Florida Wrongful Death Act, Fla.Stat.Ann. §§ 768.16-768.27 (West Supp.1985), an adult decedent's estate may recover loss of net accumulations where the decedent is survived only by parents who were not dependent upon him for support or services, and who are not otherwise entitled to recover damages for his death in their own right. Because this case involved a question of Florida law which was...

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