Legal Opinion

Dennis Godelia v. Zoll Services, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 8, 2018No. 17-10736PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge. Dennis Godelia and Sterling Youmas appeal the District Court’s dismissal of their case against ZOLL Services, LLC (“ZOLL”), which brought seven claims under Florida law. Mr. Godelia is suing individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Debra Godelia, who was his wife. Mr. Youmas was Ms. Godelia’s son., Ms. Godelia went into cardiac arrest while wearing an external defibrillator device manufactured by ZOLL, and known as the LifeVest. Ms. Godelia died as a result of this heart attack. The claims against ZOLL for strict products liability, negligence,…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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3Cited by36 opinions

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  4. Rowe v. Mentor Worldwide, LLCDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2018
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