Auto negligence case against Billy Lane and Dodge set for trial
(Titusville, Florida) Trial target date set for August 20, 2007 in wrongful death auto negligence case against Billy Lane and DaimlerChrysler Corporation.
Although today’s appearance in the civil case against Billy Lane and Dodge was a calendar hearing, there were some motions presented to the court. Present at the hearing today were Jeffery Vernis, Esq. and Terrance Perkins attorneys for defendant, William D. Lane. William McCandless, attorney for defendant, DaimlerChrysler, was present by telephone. Representing the plaintiff(s) Dolores J. Morelock, Estate of Gerald V Morelock, were S. Sammy Cacciatore and Sammy M. Cacciatore. The hearing was held in chambers of Honorable Judge John D. Moxley Jr. at 1:30 pm today.
Jeffrey Vernis Presented an oral argument to the court on his Motion To Dismiss, filed November 26, 2006, asking the court to dismiss the case against Lane. The Motion To Dismiss states that the plaintiff fails to set forth the required elements of negligence in the complaint filed. Vernis made oral argument before the court on the motion to dismiss while citing the Florida Law, Rules & Guidelines and case law. Cacciatore stated to the court that while he felt the complaint was sufficient, he would be willing to add the word “negligence” to paragraph 9 in an amended complaint. Judge Moxley denied the motion to dismiss and accepted the offer of the amended complaint.
Jeffrey Vernis next approached the court on the Motion For Speedy Trial that was filed by the plaintiff on November 7, 2006. Vernis stated that the motion had been ruled on without being heard and asked that the court entertain his response. Judge Moxley allowed Vernis to go on and then asked if he could be prepared for trial in four and a half months. Vernis called the motion for speedy trial “premature” and stated “your Honor, I would be very shocked if we could be ready for trial in four and a half months.” Judge Moxley upheld the motion for speedy trial and set the trial to be heard on August 20, 2007.
William McCandless, attorney for DaimlerChrysler was to speak to the court by telephone about the affirmative defenses that he had filed on November 15, 2006, but McCandless had another call and disconnected from the hearing.
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February 10th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
hey mike how are you? With this case being as serious as it can be ,how can an attorney for a major corporation just hang up the phone with the courts because ,he had another call that was obviously more important that this and never said a word if i was chrysler and heard about this i would fire him on the spot because if i was there lawyer i would want to know everything that was said and done not hear it from other people there in the court proceedings itself
February 11th, 2007 at 9:36 am
Hey cblois4613
I am doing OK, busy, but hanging in there.
In answering your question, the way I gathered it Dodge’s affirmative Answers were pretty much going down the tubes at this point any way. Vernis told the court that he would notify McCandless of the corrections that might need to be made.
Because DaimlerChrysler is a client of Vernis, but he is representing Billy Lane, Dodge has eyes and ears at the hearing any way.