Florida Court Overturns $12 Million Drunk Driving Verdict Against School

February 12, 2010

A Florida appeals court has reversed a $12 million verdict against a Miami archdiocesan high school previously found liable for the injuries of a student who survived a drunken driving crash.

Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School students Gabriel Maynoldi and Michael Sanchez-Agramonte crashed their car into a tree after attending an unsupervised, off-campus beer party in 2001.

Sanchez-Agramonte was killed and Maynoldi left with severe brain damage.

In 2008, a Miami-Dade jury found the school partially responsible for allegedly promoting the party.

The Third District Court of Appeal in Miami overturned the lower court decision on Wednesday, ruling the school and archdiocese were not liable.

Topics Florida Personal Auto

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  • February 15, 2010 at 2:37 am
    sarah says:
    Everyone knows alcohol can kill when driving a car. Just so happens the person drunk died and his friend who rode with him has brain damamge. Terrible situation but who is at ... read more
  • February 15, 2010 at 12:05 pm
    bob says:
    . . . Did a skit about busting the party!!! Drove to the home to verify a parent was there. Did not speak to parent, but parent was ignoring the party with their shades down.
  • February 15, 2010 at 11:20 am
    George says:
    I just read the opinion...that principal is a moron. I don't think the school has any liability and i think the judgement is correct, but that principal should never work wit... read more

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