Tina Marie Zwirn, as the personal representative of the Estate of Douglas Earl Chelf, deceased, has filed a lawsuit against Raymond Lawrence Buchan, Angela Crystal Hancock, and Lockemout Inc. in the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County. The case number is 24-001 123-Cl and was filed on March 8, 2024.
The plaintiff alleges that on or about March 9, 2020, defendant Buchan negligently operated a vehicle causing it to collide with another vehicle in which Douglas Earl Chelf was a passenger. The vehicle was owned by defendants Hancock and Lockemout Inc., who are also implicated in this case.
As a result of this collision, Douglas Earl Chelf suffered bodily injury leading to pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, physical impairment among other damages. The cause of death was not related to this action.
Zwirn is seeking judgment against Buchan for compensatory damages exceeding the minimum jurisdictional limits of the court exclusive of interest and costs. She also demands trial by jury on all issues triable as a matter of right by a jury.