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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 768.042
768.042 Damages.In any action brought in the circuit court to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, the amount of general damages shall not be stated in the complaint, but the amount of special damages, if any, may be specifically pleaded and the requisite jurisdictional amount established for filing in any court of competent jurisdiction.
History.ss. 8, 9, ch. 75-9; s. 161, ch. 2020-2.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.042
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Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 768.042.



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ESTATE OF SHEARER, By SHEARER, v. AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION,, 737 So. 2d 1229 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . In fact, a plaintiff in a wrongful death suit is prohibited by section 768.042 from stating in the complaint . . .

BELL, B. v. E. HARRIS, J. Jr., 381 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . . ยง 768.042, F.S. (1977), which provides that in a wrongful death action the amount of general damages . . .