Anthony J. Petrillo, Tampa Managing Partner and Jason D. Montes, Associate prepared and argued a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on August 20, 2007 in a multi-million dollar wrongful death case. The case involved a heavy impact front collision when Defendant crossed the centerline resulting in the death of a 24 year old mother of an infant.  In the pretrial phase, Defense obtained summary judgment on the husband survivor's claim due to a defect in the hospital bed marriage ceremony.  At trial, Plaintiff sought $15M in non-economics and $1.5M in economics.  Defense contended Plaintiff failed to wear her seatbelt and proved her severed suprahepatic vena cava was directly caused by trauma to her liver due to her failure to buckle up.  The jury found Plaintiff 43% comparative fault and reduced to a net verdict of $1.4M. Read more