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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 768.19
768.19 Right of action.When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, negligence, default, or breach of contract or warranty of any person, including those occurring on navigable waters, and the event would have entitled the person injured to maintain an action and recover damages if death had not ensued, the person or watercraft that would have been liable in damages if death had not ensued shall be liable for damages as specified in this act notwithstanding the death of the person injured, although death was caused under circumstances constituting a felony.
History.s. 1, ch. 72-35.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.19
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 768.19.



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Cases Citing Statute 768.19

Total Results: 20

Brinda Coates, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2023-01-05

Snippet: Act creates a statutory right of action, see § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (1997), and provides that the injury

ANDREW ANDREASEN, etc. v. KLEIN, GLASSER, PARK & LOWE, P.L., etc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-06-22

Snippet: action on their own behalf if they had survived. § 768.19, Fla. Stat.; see also Toombs v. Alamo Rent-A-

Mary E. Sheffield, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-11-18

Snippet: following statutory “[r]ight of action”: 768.19 Right of action.—When the death of a person

SARAH JERRELS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF DYLAN JERRELS v. ESTATE OF JASPER W. JERRELS, JR.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-06-12

Snippet: "[a] strict reading of Florida Statute § 768.19, [Fla. Stat. (2016)]" explaining that "[h]ad

Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2017-02-22

Citation: 211 So. 3d 340, 2017 WL 697746, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2413

Snippet: decision “upon the language contained in section 768.19, Florida Statutes (1981)”); Toombs v. Alamo Rent-A-Car

Cosman v. Rodriguez

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-12-17

Citation: 153 So. 3d 371, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 20367, 2014 WL 7156334

Snippet: and recover damages if death had not ensued.” § 768.19. The Act manifests the state’s public policy to

Randall v. Walt Disney World Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-06-20

Citation: 140 So. 3d 1118, 2014 WL 2781819, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 9338

Snippet: held that Florida’s Wrongful Death Act, section 768.19, Florida Statutes (2008), did not require dismissal

50 State Security Service, Inc. v. Giangrandi

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-11-27

Citation: 132 So. 3d 1128, 2013 WL 6212039, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18916

Snippet: breach of contract or warranty” caused the death. § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2011). The Florida Supreme Court has

Capone v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-06-13

Citation: 116 So. 3d 363, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 402, 2013 WL 2631180, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 1180

Snippet: remained substantively unchanged since 1951. Section 768.19 of the Florida Wrongful Death Act provides: When

Laizure v. Avante at Leesburg, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-02-14

Citation: 109 So. 3d 752, 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 102, 2013 WL 535417, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 249

Snippet: injury claim into one for wrongful death. See § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2009). Consequently, courts generally

Smith v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-12-14

Citation: 103 So. 3d 955, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 21520, 2012 WL 6216756

Snippet: it cited for support only section 768.19. Id. at 35. Section 768.19 creates a right of action; it says

Skyrme v. RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-11-18

Citation: 75 So. 3d 769, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18404

Snippet: recover damages if death had not ensued.'" (quoting § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (1995)); Celotex Corp. v. Meehan, 523

Capone v. Philip Morris U.S.A. Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-12-01

Citation: 56 So. 3d 34, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 18323, 2010 WL 4861743

Snippet: required under the Wrongful Death Act, section 768.19, Florida Statutes (2008). By the time the September

Laizure v. Avante at Leesburg, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2010-10-01

Citation: 44 So. 3d 1254, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 14543, 2010 WL 3808683

Snippet: injury claim into one for wrongful death. See § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2009). Consequently, courts generally

Griffis v. Wheeler

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-07-31

Citation: 18 So. 3d 2, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 10491, 2009 WL 2342722

Snippet: caused under circumstances constituting a felony. § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2005). The Act also provides that

Stanley v. Delta Connection Academy, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-01

Citation: 12 So. 3d 781, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 3967, 2009 WL 1159195

Snippet: plaintiffs’ damages, and what those damages are. See § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2002); Jenkins v. W.L. Roberts, Inc

Wallace v. Dean

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-29

Citation: 3 So. 3d 1035, 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 52, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 138, 2009 WL 196394

Snippet: action against the Sheriff of Marion County. See § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2004) (“When the death of a person

Forry v. Scottsdale Insurance Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-04-22

Citation: 899 So. 2d 1260, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 5559, 2005 WL 924346

Snippet: complaint alleged a claim for wrongful death, see § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (2001), and a separate claim for violation

Knowles v. Beverly Enterprises-Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-16

Citation: 898 So. 2d 1, 2004 WL 2922097

Snippet: breach of contract or warranty of any person." § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (1997). Under the Wrongful Death Act

Wixtrom v. Department of Children & Families

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-01-09

Citation: 864 So. 2d 534, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 161

Snippet: (2003). . § 744.102(19), Fla. Stat. (2003). . § 768.19, Fla. Stat. (1993). . § 827.04(1), Fla. Stat