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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 766
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AND RELATED MATTERS
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F.S. 766.112
766.112 Comparative fault.—
(1) Notwithstanding anything in law to the contrary, in an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising out of medical negligence, whether in contract or tort, when an apportionment of damages pursuant to this section is attributed to a teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07, the court shall enter judgment against the teaching hospital on the basis of such party’s percentage of fault and not on the basis of the doctrine of joint and several liability.
(2) In an action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising out of medical negligence, whether in contract or tort, when an apportionment of damages pursuant to s. 768.81 is attributed to a board of trustees of a state university, the court shall enter judgment against the board of trustees on the basis of the board’s percentage of fault and not on the basis of the doctrine of joint and several liability. The sole remedy available to a claimant to collect a judgment or settlement against a board of trustees, subject to the provisions of this subsection, shall be pursuant to s. 768.28.
History.—ss. 79, 80, ch. 88-1; ss. 43, 44, ch. 88-277; s. 32, ch. 91-110; s. 102, ch. 92-33; s. 1, ch. 2002-401; s. 52, ch. 2003-416.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 766.112
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SHANDS TEACHING HOSP. AND CLINICS v. Sidky

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-08-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 715

Snippet: Beach County, Florida. Under the provisions of § 766.112(2), Fla. Stat., the doctrine of joint and several… at bar because under Florida Statutes section 766.112, neither can be considered joint tortfeasors. When

Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc. v. Sidky

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-08-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 936 So. 2d 715, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 13643

Snippet: Beach County, Florida. Under the provisions of § 766.112(2), Fla. Stat., the doctrine of joint and several… at bar because under Florida Statutes section 766.112, neither can be considered joint tortfeasors. When