Case Name: Louis HUSS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Edgar O. Martinez, and The Hertz Corporation, a/k/a Hertz Rent-A-Car, Appellants, v. Carlos SANABRIA, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anazahel Sanabria, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-05-08
Citations: 672 So. 2d 903
Docket Number: Nos. 94-3047, 95-2833
Parties: Louis HUSS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Edgar O. Martinez, and The Hertz Corporation, a/k/a Hertz Rent-A-Car, Appellants, v. Carlos SANABRIA, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anazahel Sanabria, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 672
Pages: 903–904

Head Matter:
Louis HUSS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Edgar O. Martinez, and The Hertz Corporation, a/k/a Hertz Rent-A-Car, Appellants, v. Carlos SANABRIA, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anazahel Sanabria, Appellee.
Nos. 94-3047, 95-2833.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 8, 1996.
Roland Gomez, Miami Lakes, for appellants.
Deutsch & Blumberg and James C. Blecke, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, LEVY and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal of a trial court order granting plaintiffs motion for a new trial on estate damages in a wrongful death action. The verdict returned by the jury in favor of the estate is not such as to "shock the conscience of the court." See Wackenhut Corp. v. Canty, 359 So.2d 430 (Fla.1978); Seaboard Coast Line R.R. Co. v. Burdi, 427 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 431 So.2d 988 (Fla.1983). Accordingly, the verdict returned by the jury in favor of the estate must be reinstated.
In addition, pursuant to Wells v. Tallahassee Memorial Medical Center, Inc., 659 So.2d 249 (Fla.1995), the appellant is entitled to a set-off for the settlement amounts that the appellee has received from the other defendants. Accordingly, the case is remanded to the trial court for the entry of such orders as may be necessary and appropriate to comply therewith. In all other respects, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
Reversed in part, affirmed in part.