A Gainesville jury on Friday unanimously agreed to award up to $13 million to the family of a Williston woman who died in a car accident nearly three years ago.
On Nov. 14, 2016, Michelle Anderson, 36, was driving south on Southwest Williston Road near Southwest Wacahoota Road in Gainesville, heading from her job in the fiscal department at the University of Florida to drop off a permit for the house her family was building, said Jupiter attorney Rich Slinkman, who represents the Anderson family.
Another driver, 29-year-old Calvin Lee Adams III of Crystal River, was heading north on the same road when he tried to pass another car in a no-passing zone, according to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol.
Adams vehicle hit Andersons head-on while both traveled at about 60 mph in a 60 mph zone, according to the report.