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Daniel de la Vega’s spouse sentenced to probation in crash that killed UM pupil
One Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty President Daniel de la Vega and his spouse, Veronica Bilbao de la Vega, have been sued by the household of Daniel Bishop, the College of Miami pupil killed in a crash final yr.
Bilbao de la Vega was driving her husband’s Cadillac Escalade close to Coral Gables Senior Excessive Faculty practically a yr in the past when she made a left flip and struck and killed Bishop, court docket filings present. Bishop was within the crosswalk on his electrical scooter.
Bishop’s property, led by his mother and father, Susan and Jason Bishop, filed a wrongful loss of life criticism in opposition to the de la Vegas on Friday, alleging negligence by Bilbao de la Vega and negligent entrustment by her husband.
Bilbao de la Vega was charged with failure to make use of due care, a visitors violation, and a second diploma misdemeanor of driving with an expired license, court docket filings present. She pleaded no contest to the costs. She was sentenced to probation in January, when a Miami-Dade decide ordered her to pay the utmost wonderful of $1,000, plus court docket prices, and serve 500 hours of neighborhood service.
Legal professional Robert Boyers, who’s representing the Bishop household, stated in an announcement that the mother and father “intend to ask a jury for a really substantial sum of cash to totally, pretty, and justly compensate” the household for his or her loss.
The de la Vegas haven’t been served but as of Monday afternoon, stated their lawyer, Fred Fein of Clyde & Co.
“The de la Vegas and I keep the place that neither Veronica nor Daniel have been negligent in any manner and usually are not chargeable for this tragic accident,” Fein stated.
The state discovered no proof that she was distracted when the accident occurred.
Bishop was a 22-year-old senior on the College of Miami who had survived the mass taking pictures at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Excessive Faculty in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Bilbao de la Vega was driving 17 miles per hour on the morning of Monday, March 4, 2024 when she struck Bishop.
Days after the crash, she renewed her license, which expired years earlier, filings present.
Boyers stated final month that prison legislation fell brief in “adequately [punishing] individuals for negligent conduct, even when it ends in horrific penalties.” Bilbao de la Vega is a public defender. Daniel de la Vega leads Miami-based One Sotheby’s, a high luxurious brokerage in South Florida. De la Vega and his mom, CEO Mayi de la Vega, co-founded the corporate in 2008.
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