MAURICE SIFRAN, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF PIERRE RICHARD SIFRAN, A MINOR, DECEASED, AND ON BEHALF OF AND FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF MAURICE SIFRAN, SURVIVING FATHER OF THE DECEASED AND FOR USE AND BENEFIT OF ANACANE SIFRAN, SURVIVING MOTHER OF DECEASED, APPELLANTS,

v.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, AND CHESTER WRIGHT, APPELLEES

Citator

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Authorities Cited

• Wood v. Camp, 284 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1973)
• Allen v. William P. McDonald Corp., 42 So. 2d 706 (Fla. 1949)
• Newby v. W. Palm Beach Water Co., 47 So.2d 527 (Fla. 1950)
• Adler v. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Copeland, Jr., 105 So. 2d 594 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958)