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Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-08-14T00:00:00-07:00
Snippet: Interpretation of Legal Texts 56 (2012). Section 768.20 defines who may be a proper party plaintiff under…caused by the injury resulting in death." § 768.20. To assist a defendant, section 768.21 identifies
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2024-05-09T00:00:00-07:00
Snippet: They note that the text of the Act, at section 768.20, allows defendants to maintain … loss of consortium claim abate. Id. (citing § 768.20, Fla. Stat.); see ACandS, Inc. v. Redd, 703 So.
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2024-01-17T00:00:00-08:00
Snippet: MILLER, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2015) (“The [wrongful death] action
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-01-24T23:53:00-08:00
Snippet: to join the wrongful death action as parties. § 768.20, Fla. Stat. The statutory framework of the…act, caused by the injury resulting in death.” § 768.20, Fla. Stat. “By statute,” the Supreme Court has… legislative purpose in the adoption of section 768.20.” Morgan v. Am. Bankers Life Assur. Co. of Fla…non-parties to the proceedings below under section 768.20, the trial court permitted them to appear, without
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2023-01-04T23:53:00-08:00
Snippet: decedent’s death is “the injury suffered.” See § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (1997) (“When a personal injury to…statutory beneficiaries, including the estate. See § 768.20 (limiting the personal representative’s recovery…injury,” which is prohibited under the Act. See § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (1997). Because R.J. Reynolds
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-05-11T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: Rintoul argued that the application of section 768.20, Florida Statutes (2019)—the Wrongful Death Act—in
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2022-03-30T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: act, caused by the injury resulting in death.” § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2015) (emphases added). Pertinent
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2021-11-17T23:53:00-08:00
Snippet: continuation of a personal injury action. See § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (“When a personal injury to …ultimately construing the term “abate” in section 768.20 to mean that the personal injury action was merely
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-03-24T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: representative for the benefit of the beneficiaries. § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2017) (providing: “The action shall
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2020-01-22T23:53:00-08:00
Snippet: only to reduce that survivor’s recovery. See F.S. 768.20; Frazier v. Metropolitan Dade County, 701 So. 2d
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-06-12T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: caused by the injury resulting in death." § 768.20. There is tension between section… death right of action, and sections 768.17 and 768.20, which establish the cause of action.3 See Toombs
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-05-08T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: injury action upon his death pursuant to section 768.20, Florida Statutes (1972).2 The Sammons argue that…in AC&S, Inc. v. 2Section 768.20 provides, in pertinent part, "When a personal…personal injury action did not abate under section 768.20, Florida Statutes (2015). In fact, the Sammons
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-10-19T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: injury action upon his death pursuant to section 768.20, Florida Statutes (1972).1 The Sammons argue that…substituting parties passed 1Section 768.20 provides, in pertinent part, "When a personal…personal injury action did not abate under section 768.20, Florida Statutes (2015). In fact, the Sammons
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-24T00:53:00-07:00
Snippet: representative may bring a lawsuit for wrongful death. § 768.20 Fla. Stat. (2011). The April 2011 letter requesting
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-05-07T00:00:00-07:00
Citation: 248 So. 3d 212
Snippet: act, caused by the injury resulting in death.” § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2012). The Act defines “survivors
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-02-01T00:00:00-08:00
Citation: 236 So. 3d 919
Snippet: reduce that survivor's recovery. See F.S. 768.20; Frazier v. Metropolitan Dade County,
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-01-26T00:00:00-08:00
Citation: 237 So. 3d 432
Snippet: companionship, and also for funeral expenses. See §§ 768.20 & 768.21, Fla. Sta. (2016). Ultimately, the
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-12-12T23:53:00-08:00
Snippet: action under the Florida Wrongful Death Act. § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2007). “[I]t is permissible for a
Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-11-09T00:00:00-08:00
Citation: 229 So. 3d 1118
Snippet: such.action pending at the time .of death- shall abate. § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (2016); see Roughton v. R.J. Reynolds
Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-10-18T00:00:00-07:00
Citation: 228 So. 3d 684
Snippet: complaint with the wrongful death claim. Section; 768.20, Florida Statutes, provides guidance and states…Laws of Florida; so the applicable year of section 768.20 is not at issue. . Additionally it would arguably