Estate of Hickerson v. Zimmerman

11 JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge.

This is a wrongful death and survival action arising from a vehicle-pedestrian collision. Both the plaintiffs and the defendants appeal as to the allocation of fault and as to the amounts of general damages awarded. Because we find that the trial court was not clearly wrong-manifestly erroneous as to the allocation of fault, and did not abuse its discretion as to the amounts of general damages, we will affirm.

The pedestrian involved was Emmett Hickerson. The driver involved was George Zimmerman. At the time of the collision, Mr. Zimmerman was driving a vehicle…