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distinct principle in Florida

25 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1935–2018 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (12)

CaseFollowedCited
Trianon Park Condominium v. City of Hialeahgreen
fla · 1985 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2017–2018
2 sentences

2018Thus, in addition to the five basic principles identified by the Florida Supreme Court in Trianon, which have been listed at the beginning of this analysis, the Court recognized that “there were areas of government activity where orthodox tort liability stops and the act of governing begins, . . . as well as the distinct principle of law . . . which makes not actionable in tort certain judgmental decisions of governmental authorities which are inherent in the act of governing.” Trianon, 468 So. 2d at 918 (internal citations and quotation marks omitted).

2017Thus, in addition to the five basic principles identified by the Florida Supreme Court in Trianon, which have been listed at the beginning of this analysis, the Court recognized that “there were areas of government activity where orthodox tort liability stops and the act of governing begins, . . . as well as 23 the distinct principle of law . . . which makes not actionable in tort certain judgmental decisions of governmental authorities which are inherent in the act of governing.” Trianon, 468 So. 2d at 918 (internal citations and quotation marks omitted).

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Brown v. Stategreen
fla · 2003 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
2 sentences

2014See, e.g., Brown v. State, 846 So.2d 1114, 1126 (Fla.2003) (analyzing cumulative error separately and holding that a cumulative error claim fails when the defendant fails to establish any of his claims under Strickland).

2014See, e.g., Brown v. State, 846 So. 2d 1114, 1126 (Fla. 2003) (analyzing cumulative - 59 - error separately and holding that a cumulative error claim fails when the defendant fails to establish any of his claims under Strickland).

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Hendricks v. Starkgreen
fla · 1930 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
1 sentence

2013This doctrine seems to rest ... upon a distinct principle of public policy, that all that justice or equity requires for the relief of a party having such cause to impeach a contract is that he should have but one fair opportunity, after full knowledge of his rights, to decide whether he will affirm and take the benefits of the contract, or disaffirm it and demand the consequent redress.” Id. at 296-97 (citation omitted; emphasis supplied).

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Zurstrassen v. Stoniergreen
fladistctapp · 2001 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
1 sentence

2013See also Zurstrassen v. Stonier, 786 So.2d 65, 71 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (“Ratification occurs where a party with full knowledge of all the material facts makes an affirmative showing of his or her express or implied intention to adopt an act or contract entered into without authority.

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Hannah v. Stategreen
fladistctapp · 2002 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
1 sentence

2011Cf. Hannah v. State, 814 So.2d 1129, 1130-31 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (treating revocation of probation as a distinct inquiry from modification of conditions of probation).

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Martino v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.green
fladistctapp · 2003 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004See id. at 1253 .

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McGann v. Florida Elections Com'ngreen
fladistctapp · 2001 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2003–2003
1 sentence

2003In McGann v. Florida Elections Comm'n, 803 So.2d 763, 766 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001), the court ruled that the Commission must use a separately numbered paragraph for each violation on which the Commission seeks to impose a fine.

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Town of Palm Beach v. Wattsgreen
ca1 · 1982 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1997–1997
1 sentence

1997See Town of Palm Beach v. Watts, 426 So.2d 1312, 1313 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982).

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Rimer v. Safecare Health Corp.green
fladistctapp · 1991 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995Rimer v. Safecare Health Corp., 591 So.2d 232, 234 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), approved, 620 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1993).

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Singleton v. Ranzgreen
fladistctapp · 1988 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995Carmen has a cause of action for personal injury stemming from the stillborn fetus, as living tissue of her body, McGeehan v. Parke-Davis, 573 So.2d 376, 377 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); Singleton v. Ranz, 534 So.2d 847, 848 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), review denied, 542 So.2d 1334 (Fla. 1989); while, George and Carmen, as personal representatives of Christian's estate, also have a statutory cause of action for his wrongful death. §§ 768.16-.31, Fla. Stat. (1993).

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McGeehan v. Parke-Davisgreen
fladistctapp · 1991 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995Carmen has a cause of action for personal injury stemming from the stillborn fetus, as living tissue of her body, McGeehan v. Parke-Davis, 573 So.2d 376, 377 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); Singleton v. Ranz, 534 So.2d 847, 848 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988), review denied, 542 So.2d 1334 (Fla. 1989); while, George and Carmen, as personal representatives of Christian's estate, also have a statutory cause of action for his wrongful death. §§ 768.16-.31, Fla. Stat. (1993).

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Duncan v. Pullumgreen
fladistctapp · 1967 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
1 sentence

1987Mendez, 303 So.2d at 4 (quoting Duncan v. Pullum, 198 So.2d 658, 660-61 (Fla. 2d DCA 1967)) (emphasis in original). *322 In Mendez , the supreme court determined that the multi-count complaint contained a separate and distinct claim for fraud and that judicial labor had ended as to that count.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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Also cited on this issue (25)

CaseCitedYears
Safecare Health Corp. v. Rimer green
fla · 1993
2 sentences

1996A separate and distinct claim is one that involves different elements of damages. 620 So.2d at 164 .

1995Rimer v. Safecare Health Corp., 591 So.2d 232, 234 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), approved, 620 So.2d 161 (Fla. 1993).

21995–1996
Rivello v. Cooper City green
fladistctapp · 1975
2 sentences

1980This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975)." [3] Ch. 74-235, § 1, Laws of Fla. [4] Two commentators have criticized this "anomaly." See Seligman & Beals, The Sovereignty of Florida Municipalities: In-Again, Out-Again, When-Again, 50 Fla. B.J. 338 (1976).

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

21979–1980
McNayr v. Kelly green
fla · 1966
2 sentences

1980This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975)." [3] Ch. 74-235, § 1, Laws of Fla. [4] Two commentators have criticized this "anomaly." See Seligman & Beals, The Sovereignty of Florida Municipalities: In-Again, Out-Again, When-Again, 50 Fla. B.J. 338 (1976).

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

21979–1980
Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. Romeo green
scotus · 1982
2 sentences

2012The Supreme Court’s decision Young-berg announced a distinct standard to be applied in measuring a state’s constitutional duties to mental incompetents, addressing the extent to which the Due Process Clause imposes upon states an affirmative duty to care for, treat, and protect persons in its custody. 457 U.S. at 324 , 102 S.Ct. 2452 .

2012The Supreme Court’s decision Young-berg announced a distinct standard to be applied in measuring a state’s constitutional duties to mental incompetents, addressing the extent to which the Due Process Clause imposes upon states an affirmative duty to care for, treat, and protect persons in its custody. 457 U.S. at 324 , 102 S.Ct. 2452 .

12012–2012
Bynum Transport, Inc. v. Snyder green
fladistctapp · 2000
1 sentence

2003Neither of the two main cases relied on by the majority, Bynum Transport, Inc. v. Snyder, 765 So.2d 752 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), and Clements v. Walt Disney World Co., 819 So.2d 1014 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), involve a situation where the carrier would not realize that a new and distinct claim was being made.

12003–2003
Clements v. Walt Disney World Co. green
fladistctapp · 2002
1 sentence

2003Neither of the two main cases relied on by the majority, Bynum Transport, Inc. v. Snyder, 765 So.2d 752 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000), and Clements v. Walt Disney World Co., 819 So.2d 1014 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002), involve a situation where the carrier would not realize that a new and distinct claim was being made.

12003–2003
Bombalier v. Lifemark Hosp. of Fla. green
fladistctapp · 1995
1 sentence

1997We find that although it was the identical tortious acts that caused [the mother's] personal injury and [the son's] death, such acts gave rise to two separate and distinct claims." [c.o.] 661 So.2d at 852-853 .

11997–1997
Parker v. State green
fladistctapp · 1994
1 sentence

1996In the cases relied on by the dissent (Ross v. State, 493 So.2d 1015 (Fla.1986); Murray v. State, 491 So.2d 1120 (Fla.1986); and Parker v. State, 633 So.2d 72 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 639 So.2d 980 (Fla.1994)), crimes constituting a distinct violation of the victim’s rights were completed at one location, and a subsequent crime involving another invasion of the victim’s rights was begun and completed at another location.

11996–1996
Ross v. State green
fla · 1986
2 sentences

1996In the cases relied on by the dissent (Ross v. State, 493 So.2d 1015 (Fla.1986); Murray v. State, 491 So.2d 1120 (Fla.1986); and Parker v. State, 633 So.2d 72 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 639 So.2d 980 (Fla.1994)), crimes constituting a distinct violation of the victim’s rights were completed at one location, and a subsequent crime involving another invasion of the victim’s rights was begun and completed at another location.

1996In Ross, supra, and Murray, supra, the victim was robbed in one location, and the sexual battery occurred at another.

11996–1996
Murray v. State green
fla · 1986
2 sentences

1996In the cases relied on by the dissent (Ross v. State, 493 So.2d 1015 (Fla.1986); Murray v. State, 491 So.2d 1120 (Fla.1986); and Parker v. State, 633 So.2d 72 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 639 So.2d 980 (Fla.1994)), crimes constituting a distinct violation of the victim’s rights were completed at one location, and a subsequent crime involving another invasion of the victim’s rights was begun and completed at another location.

1996In Ross, supra, and Murray, supra, the victim was robbed in one location, and the sexual battery occurred at another.

11996–1996
Cruz v. State green
fla · 1985
1 sentence

1992Cruz, 465 So.2d at 520-21 . [9] See supra note 4. [10] It may be true that while `[s]ociety is at war with the criminal classes,' . .. [p]olice must fight this war, not engage in the manufacture of new hostilities.

11992–1992
Sarasota Cloth Fabric & Foam, Inc. v. Benes green
fladistctapp · 1986
1 sentence

1987Sarasota Cloth Fabric & Foam, Inc. v. Benes, 482 So.2d 574 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986).

11987–1987
Mendez v. West Flagler Family Association, Inc. green
fla · 1974
1 sentence

1987Mendez, 303 So.2d at 4 (quoting Duncan v. Pullum, 198 So.2d 658, 660-61 (Fla. 2d DCA 1967)) (emphasis in original). *322 In Mendez , the supreme court determined that the multi-count complaint contained a separate and distinct claim for fraud and that judicial labor had ended as to that count.

11987–1987
Brown v. Cadillac Motor Car Div. green
fla · 1985
1 sentence

1985NOTES [1] Mental distress unaccompanied by such physical consequences, on the other hand, should still be inadequate to support a claim; nonphysical injuries must accompany and flow from direct trauma before recovery can be claimed for them in a negligence action. [2] In a collateral case issued this day, Brown v. Cadillac Motor Car Div., General Motors Corp., 468 So.2d 903 , we held that Brown's judgment must be vacated because his psychic trauma was not manifested by physical injury and no cause of action lies for psychic trauma alone. [3] Those jurisdictions that do not have the impact rule

11985–1985
Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River County green
fladistctapp · 1977
1 sentence

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

11979–1979
Cheney v. Dade County green
fladistctapp · 1977
1 sentence

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

11979–1979
Charles B. Elgin, Sr., Individually and as Next Friend of John Elgin, a Minor v. District of Columbia green
cadc · 1964
1 sentence

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

11979–1979
Gordon v. City of West Palm Beach green
fladistctapp · 1975
1 sentence

1979This distinct principle of law is explored in cases such as McNayr v. Kelly, 184 So.2d 428 (Fla. 1966), and Rivello v. Cooper City, 322 So.2d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [2] 342 So.2d 1047 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [3] 321 So.2d 78 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). [4] 353 So.2d 623 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977). [5] § 768.28(2), Fla. Stat. (1975). [6] § 768.28(6), Fla. Stat. (1975). [7] § 768.28(12), Fla. Stat. (1975). [8] E.g., Elgin v. District of Columbia, 119 U.S. App.D.C. 116, 337 F.2d 152 (1964); K.

11979–1979
Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson green
fla · 1920
11963–1963
Anderson v. Southern Cotton Oil Co. green
fla · 1917
11963–1963
Albritton v. Scott green
fla · 1917
11963–1963
Ormond v. State green
fla · 1920
11963–1963
Goswick v. State green
fladistctapp · 1962
11963–1963
Coker v. Dawkins neutral
· 1883
11938–1938
Amos v. Mathews green
fla · 1930
11935–1935

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 768.28 (4)

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