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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 768.25
768.25 Court approval of settlements.While an action under this act is pending, no settlement as to amount or apportionment among the beneficiaries which is objected to by any survivor or which affects a survivor who is a minor or an incompetent shall be effective unless approved by the court.
History.s. 1, ch. 72-35.

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Cases Citing Statute 768.25

Total Results: 20

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-07-15

Citation: 194 So. 3d 349, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 10778, 2015 WL 4269031

Snippet: as a result of the Legislature’s enactment o.f 768.25, Gamble’s “act of grace” reasoning is significantly

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. Mark Edwards and Mitzi Dee Roden, as parents and natural guardians of Aaron Edwards, a minor William S. Frates, II, P.A. Edna L. Caruso, P.A. Vaka Law Group, P.L. and Grossman & Roth, P.A. v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-07-15

Snippet: occurred as a result of the Legislature’s enactment of 768.25, Gamble’s “act of grace” reasoning is significantly

Walker v. Bailey

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-06-01

Citation: 89 So. 3d 297, 2012 WL 1956417, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 8812

Snippet: to determine the settlement’s reasonableness. § 768.25, Fla. Stat. (2011); Dudley v. McCormick, 799 So

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-02-01

Citation: 948 So. 2d 735, 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 79, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 132, 2007 WL 268753

Snippet: Stat. Protection of minors and incompetents. § 768.25, Fla. Stat. Court approval of settlements. Rule

Brunson v. McKay

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2005-07-20

Citation: 905 So. 2d 1058, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 11027, 2005 WL 1677939

Snippet: ruling was based on a misreading of the Act. Section 768.25 of the Act governs the settlement of wrongful death

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-06-19

Citation: 848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Snippet: Stat. Protection of minors and incompetents. § 768.25, Fla. Stat. Court approval of settlements. Rule

Thompson v. Hodson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-05-09

Citation: 825 So. 2d 941

Snippet: be effective until approved by the court. See § 768.25, Fla. Stat. (1993). As this court has recently

Dudley v. McCormick

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-11-16

Citation: 799 So. 2d 436, 2001 WL 1440403

Snippet: decedent's estate) may settle all claims. See §§ 768.20, 768.25, Fla. Stat. (2000) (Wrongful Death); see also Guadalupe

Guadalupe v. Peterson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-12-06

Citation: 779 So. 2d 494, 2000 WL 1781448

Snippet: approved the settlement as required by section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1997), and that the personal

Hess v. Hess

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-05-17

Citation: 758 So. 2d 1203, 2000 WL 628289

Snippet: survivors are to be resolved by the trial judge. See § 768.25, Fla. Stat. (1999). This case should not be treated

In Re Estate of Catapane

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-03-08

Citation: 759 So. 2d 9, 2000 WL 257099

Snippet: effective unless it is approved by the court. See § 768.25, Fla. Stat. David & French took appropriate steps

Kilpatrick v. Ogden Entertainment, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-11-22

Citation: 745 So. 2d 492, 1999 WL 1049345

Snippet: Kilpatrick was paid $100,000 as permitted under section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1991). That portion of Kilpatrick's

Paushter v. South Broward Hospital District

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-11-15

Citation: 664 So. 2d 1032, 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 11937, 1995 WL 675338

Snippet: statutory waiver of sovereign immunity, section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1993). The District based its

Pearson v. DeLamerens

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-05-31

Citation: 656 So. 2d 217, 1995 WL 322456

Snippet: shall be effective unless approved by the court." § 768.25, Fla. Stat. (1993). If the $10,000 settlement offer

Peterson v. MORTON F. PLANT HOSP.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-04-21

Citation: 656 So. 2d 501, 1995 WL 232661

Snippet: not been judicially approved pursuant to section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1993), when the trial began

Continental National Bank v. Brill

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-06-28

Citation: 638 So. 2d 1056, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 6266, 1994 WL 284624

Snippet: parties settled for $675,000. Pursuant to section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1993), the trial court approved

In re Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-09-24

Citation: 607 So. 2d 1306, 17 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 636, 1992 Fla. LEXIS 1622, 1992 WL 249483

Snippet: Stat. Protection of minors and incompetents. § 768.25, Fla.Stat. Court approval of settlements. Rule

Sullivan v. Department of Transp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-02-28

Citation: 595 So. 2d 219, 1992 WL 35374

Snippet: pursuant to the guardianship law; and 7. Section 768.25 provides that while an action is pending, no settlement

Columbia County Sheriff's Office v. Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-01-30

Citation: 574 So. 2d 234, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 775, 1991 WL 10397

Snippet: of limitations began to run. Relying on section 768.25, Florida Statutes (1987),2 the Sheriff’s Office

Nixon v. Bryson

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-05-06

Citation: 488 So. 2d 607, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1074

Snippet: effective unless approved by the court. §§ 768.23, 768.25, Fla. Stat. (1985).[3] The authority of the court