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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 768.0415
768.0415 Liability for injury to parent.A person who, through negligence, causes significant permanent injury to the natural or adoptive parent of an unmarried dependent resulting in a permanent total disability shall be liable to the dependent for damages, including damages for permanent loss of services, comfort, companionship, and society. This section shall apply to acts of negligence occurring on or after October 1, 1988.
History.s. 1, ch. 88-173.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.0415
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 768.0415.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 768.0415

Total Results: 16

Diecidue v. Lewis

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-02-10T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 223 So. 3d 1015, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 1649, 2017 WL 535447

Snippet: defined by section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (2007).” (Emphasis added.) Section 768.0415 allows unmarried… consortium claim). In pertinent part, section 768.0415 reads, “A person who, through negligence, causes…consortium claims, when read together with section 768.0415, is ambiguous because it would amount to an outright… dependent child, either natural or adopted. § 768.0415. Because the terms of the release form demand … he had no qualifying dependents under section 768.0415. As the supreme court stated in Nichols, rule

In re Standard Jury Instructions—Contract & Business Cases

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2013-06-06T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 116 So. 3d 284, 2013 WL 2435441

Snippet: and against his employer) or claims under F.S. 768.0415. 601.5 CONCLUDING INSTRUCTION (BEFORE FINAL ARGUMENT

Moore v. Gillett

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-07-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 96 So. 3d 933, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 11662, 2012 WL 2913937

Snippet: Gillett continued to pursue a claim under section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (1999), for the loss of parental

In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases—Report No. 09-01

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-03-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 35 So. 3d 666, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 149, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 302

Snippet: , this instruction should be modified. 2. F.S. 768.0415 does not define "significant permanent injury…instructions do not attempt to define the terms. 3. F.S. 768.0415 refers only to "negligence." The committee…and against his employer) or claims under F.S. 768.0415. 601.5 CONCLUDING INSTRUCTION (BEFORE FINAL ARGUMENT

Honeywell International, Inc. v. Guilder

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-12-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 23 So. 3d 867, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 20052

Snippet: consortium pursuant to section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (2006). Section 768.0415 provides that: a person who…occurring on or after October 1, 1988. Since section 768.0415 allows for a cause of action against a person …that the Legislature specifically limited section 768.0415’s application to negligent acts occurring on or

Howard v. Risch

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 959 So. 2d 308

Snippet: children are entitled to a monetary recovery. See § 768.0415, Fla. Stat. (2003). Mr. Howard filed his lawsuit

Larusso v. Garner

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-12-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 888 So. 2d 712

Snippet: services, comfort, companionship, and society. § 768.0415, Fla. Stat. (1994). As Braden was not born, but…;s support). Id. at 828-29. Similarly, section 768.0415 is remedial in nature, providing a remedy for …claim loss of consortium damages under section 768.0415 for permanent injuries sustained by his or her… common law, making Cruz inapplicable. Section 768.0415 speaks only to who may bring the claim, not to…, comfort, companionship, and society." § 768.0415 (emphasis added). Because the statute does not

Standard Jury Inst-Civ. Cases (01-1 & 01-2)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2002-06-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 825 So. 2d 277

Snippet: Unmarried dependent's claim under Fla. Stat. § 768.0415: If you find for the (defendant)(s), you will …be modified. Comments on 6.1e 1. Fla. Stat. § 768.0415 does not define "significant permanent injury…not attempt to define the terms. 2. Fla. Stat. § 768.0415 refers only to "negligence." The committee…Unmarried dependent's damages under Fla. Stat. § 768.0415: (Formerly 6.2h) Any loss by reason of (claimant

Cruz v. Broward County School Bd.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2001-10-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 800 So. 2d 213

Snippet: Legislature enacted section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (Supp.1988). Section 768.0415 provides that an "… injury result in permanent total disability): 768.0415 Liability for injury to parent.—A person who, …negligence occurring on or after October 1, 1988. § 768.0415, Fla. Stat. (1993) (emphasis added). Also unlike…recovery that applies to a child under section 768.0415 also applies to a parent.[10] II. THE PRESENT… this area has been supplanted by both section 768.0415 and Dempsey and neither of these authorities places

Pavolini v. Bird

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-08-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 769 So. 2d 410

Snippet: Stephanie would claim as a minor under section 768.0415.[1] Investigation would require, of necessity,…for a loss of consortium award or damages under 768.0415. It should also be noted that Chandler was based…1] The child's claim is based on section 768.0415, Florida Statutes, which establishes a cause of…care provider/patient relationship"). [1] 768.0415. Liability for injury for parent.- A person who

Standard Jury Instructions—Civil Cases (No. 98-4)

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1999-02-25T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 746 So. 2d 440, 24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 101, 1999 Fla. LEXIS 257, 1999 WL 92624

Snippet: Fla. Stat. § 768.0415,” and 6.2(h) “Unmarried dependent’s damages under Fla. Stat. § 768.0415”; and a revision…Unmarried dependent’s claim under Fla. Stat. § 768.0415: If you find for the (defendant)(s), you will…be modified. Comments on 6.1e 1. Fla. Stat. § 768.0415 does not define “significant permanent injury,…not attempt to define the terms. 2. Fla. Stat. § 768.0415 refers only to “negligence.” The committee takes…Unmarried dependent’s damages under Fla. Stat. § 768.0415: Any loss by reason of (claimant parent’s) injury

Vargas v. Vargas

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-08-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 659 So. 2d 1164, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 8666, 1995 WL 480537

Snippet: owners lifetime); Ryder v. Sheldon, 69 A.D.2d 768, 415 N.Y.S.2d 35 (App.1979) (withdrawal of funds in

United States v. Dempsey

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1994-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 635 So. 2d 961

Snippet: minor child of a permanently injured parent. § 768.0415, Fla. Stat. (1993). Similarly, this Court has …consortium has been limited by the legislature. Section 768.0415 limits a child's recovery for the loss of …resulting in a permanent total disability." § 768.0415. Because the right of recovery we recognize here…relationship addressed by the legislature in section 768.0415, we see no reason why the same standard for recovery…parental companionship by the enactment of section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1988), but only in cases

Taylor ex rel. Parker v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-08-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 622 So. 2d 1169, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 8755

Snippet: was not negated by the 1988 enactment of section 768.0415 allowing recovery by dependent children for injuries

Sandarac Ass'n v. WR FRI. ARCHI.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-12-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 609 So. 2d 1349

Snippet: Zorzos v. Rosen, 467 So.2d 305 (Fla. 1985) with § 768.0415, Fla. Stat. (1991) (court declines to create child

Gomez v. AVIS RENT a CAR SYSTEM, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1992-03-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 596 So. 2d 510

Snippet: children, based on section 768.0415, Florida Statutes (1989). Section 768.0415 provides that A person who…3d DCA 1968). Accordingly, we hold that section 768.0415 provides the minor children with a cause of action