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IN RE ESTATE OF WIGGINS

No. 98-1169.

729 So.2d 523 (1999)

In re ESTATE OF Sallie Pearl WIGGINS, Deceased. Indian River Memorial Hospital, a Florida not-for-profit corporation, Appellant, v. Charlie Mae W. Destin, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sallie Pearl Wiggins, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Nall of Stewart, Nall, Evans & Hafner, P.A., Vero Beach, for appellant.

Fred L. Kretschmer, Jr. of Moss, Henderson, Blanton, Lanier & Devonmille, P.A., Vero Beach, for appellee.

BROWN, LUCY CHERNOW, Associate Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court's method of apportioning the distribution of wrongful death settlement proceeds among the decedent's survivors and estate was reasonable and equitable where the settlement was less than the full value of the claim.

This case started with a tragic traffic accident. As she was being driven home from a family gathering, 81-year-old Sally Pearl Wiggins was critically...

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