Florida Jury Awards $2.7 Million in a Negligence lawsuit
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Case Background
The Plaintiffs, Juan Carranza and Tesla Aguilar Umana de Carranza brought a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County, Florida. They sued AMAYA Landscaping Maintenance and Lawn Care, Inc., the corporation they hold responsible; Francisco Aliaga Salazar, the Amaya employee who operated the vehicle; and Ascendant Commercial Insurance, Inc., the company that insured Amaya's commercial vehicle. The Plaintiffs alleged negligence against the driver and the landscaping company, holding the company vicariously liable for its employee's actions, and they separately accuse the insurance company of third-party bad faith in handling their claim.
Cause
The traumatic incident occurred on August 31, 2023, on Old Cutler Road near Tibidabo Avenue in Coral Gables. The Carranzas drove their vehicle northbound when they encountered a 2013 Isuzu NPR Truck pulling a utility trailer, which belonged to Amaya Landscaping and was being operated by Francisco Aliaga Salazar. As the Amaya truck travelled southbound, one of its tires violently detached from the vehicle and crossed the roadway. The heavy, runaway tire then slammed directly into the Carranzas' vehicle. The Carranzas assert that both Amaya and Salazar acted negligently by failing to properly maintain and inspect the truck and its tires, directly causing the severe and preventable collision.
Injury
Both Juan Car
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