Scott v. Estate of Myers

871 So.2d 947 (2004)

Annette C. SCOTT, the mother, Appellant,

v.

The ESTATE OF Todd Barrett MYERS, Appellee.

No. 1D02-4617.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 31, 2004.

Gordon P. Scott, Havana, for Appellant.

Richard E. Benton, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

HAWKES, J.

The decedent's mother, Appellant, Annette Scott, appeals from the trial court's order requiring portions of estate administrative costs, in particular payment of funeral expenses, to be paid from the survivors' wrongful death action recovery. We reverse.

Scott's son, Todd Myers, and his friend, Micheal Gruver died in…