768.24
Death of a survivor before judgment.
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768.24 Death of a survivor before judgment.—A survivor’s death before final judgment shall limit the survivor’s recovery to lost support and services to the date of his or her death. The personal representative shall pay the amount recovered to the personal representative of the deceased survivor.
History.—s. 1, ch. 72-35; s. 1170, ch. 97-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: King v. Font Corp.
King v. Font Corp. (1993)
“Schindler is a "survivor" entitled to lost support and services under section 768.24, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1990).”
Florida Clarklift, Inc. v. Reutimann (1975)
“[2] *642 Consistent with this stated purpose the new Wrongful Death Act in § 768.24 provides: A survivor's death before final judgment shall limit the survivor's recovery to lost support and services to the date of his death.”
Pablo Alfonso v. Jessica Gordon Alfonso (2025)
“The court held, when determining if the trial court’s judgment became final when applying section 768.24, Florida Statutes (2013), “[t]his finality is reached when the trial court’s judicial labor is at an end.”
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