Liebherr-America, Inc. v. McCollum

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

On April 14, 2005, the plaintiffs’ decedent Audrey McCollum was run over and killed by a huge mobile crane at the Port of Miami. This case is an appeal by the entity whose role in the tragedy was confined to selling the crane to another defendant and agreeing to keep it in good repair. Although it neither designed, manufactured or operated the crane at the time of the accident, nor owned or controlled the property where Ms. McCollum was killed, the jury found it partially liable for the death. Because we find no legal basis for the appellant’s liability in this case, we…