AMIE DRAIEMANN STEPHENSON, as Personal etc. v. JACKSONVILLE TELEVISION, INC.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA AMIE DRAIEMANN STEPHENSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of CHRISTIAN DARBY STEPHENSON, deceased, Appellant, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D04-2504 v. JACKSONVILLE TELEVISION, INC., a/k/a FIRST COAST NEWS a/k/a WTLV-TV, a South Carolina Corporation, DOUG CHARLES LOCKWOOD, SHANA WILLIAMS, JASON KEIFFER, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, a governmental entity and PEGGY HICKS, Appellees. ___________________________/ Opinion filed 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, 30 Fla. L. Weekly S467 (Fla. June 23, 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. 2

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