Stephenson v. Jacksonville Television

Full title: Amie Draiemann STEPHENSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 18, 2005

908 So. 2d 525 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 1D04-2504.

July 18, 2005.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Hugh A. Carithers, Jr., Judge.

James H. Daniel, Esquire of Coker, Myers, Schickel, Sorenson Green, P.A., Jacksonville and Sean C. Domnick, Esquire of Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

Dennis R. Schutt, Esquire and Alison N. Emery, Esquire of Schutt, Humphries, Schmidt Burnett, Jacksonville, for Appellees Jacksonville Television, Inc., a/k/a First Coast News a/k/a WTLV-TV, a South Carolina Corporation and Doug Charles Lockwood.

PER CURIAM.

REVERSED. See Lamb v. Matetzschk, 906 So.2d 1037 (Fla. 2005) ("[T]he plain language of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 mandates that offers of settlement be differentiated between the parties, even if a party's liability is purely vicarious.").

DAVIS, BENTON, and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.