State Department of Transportation v. City of Pembroke Pines

This is the companion appeal to Russo v. Lorenzo, 67 So.3d 1165 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). These appeals stem from a wrongful death suit filed after police officer Orestes Lorenzo died as the result of injuries sustained from a car crash that resulted in his car hitting the median, rolling over, and striking a palm tree. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) was among the named defendants and, in this appeal, challenges the judgment entered following a jury’s determination that it was fifteen percent at fault for Lorenzo’s injuries. While FDOT raises a number of issues on appeal, we find…