JERRY P. GAINES, APPELLANT,

v.

CHESTER LAMBDIN, ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• D'Amario v. Ford Motor Co., 806 So. 2d 424 (Fla. 2001)
  …t Lloyds v. City of Lauderdale Lakes, 382 So. 2d 702, 703 (Fla. 1980); Association for Retarded Citizens-Volusia, Ina v. Fletcher, 741 So. 2d 520, 524-25 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999); Dungan v. Ford, 632 So. 2d 159, 162 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Rucks v. Pushman, 541 So. 2d 673, 675 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). In fact, the rule of complete liability of initial tortfeasors, if interjected into the trial of.a claim for medical malpractice or secondary collisions based upon a product defect, would only serve to create additional con…
• Dungan v. Ford, 632 So. 2d 159 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …an who has treated an injury in such a way that the treatment may have increased the damage which otherwise would have followed from the original wrong. Stuart v. Hertz Corp., 351 So. 2d 703 (Fla.1977); Davidson v. Gaillard, supra; Rucks v. Pushman, 541 So. 2d 673 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied 549 So. 2d 1014 (Fla.1989); 57 Am.Jur.2d Negligence § 149, and Restatement (Second) of Torts § 457 (1965). Cf. Barrios v. Darrach, 629 So. 2d 211 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993). Appellees do not disagree with the foregoing rule of l…
• Caccavella v. Frederick W. Silverman, M.D., 814 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002)
  …the subrogation action that vests in the initial tortfeasor, Florida’s courts have required that plaintiffs settling with an initial tortfeasor be specific with respect to the damages that the settlement and release encompass. In Rucks v. Pushman, 541 So. 2d 673 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989), the Fifth District made it clear that if there is any doubt as to whether the settlement and release compensates the plaintiff for all of his injuries or, instead, reserves to the plaintiff the right to pursue the subsequent tor…

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Authorities Cited

• MAY v. Fla. Parole & Prob. Comm'n, 435 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 1983)
• Tolbert v. State, 432 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)