Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...me three provisions dealing with domestic violence are located in chapter 95-182, the chapter law considered in Thompson, and chapter 95-184, the chapter law at issue here. Compare Ch. 95-182, §§ 8-10, at 1673-75 (amending section 741.31, creating section 768.35, and amending section 784.046, respectively), with Ch....

...These three sections amend various statutes relating to domestic violence, and they are the exact provisions that were included in chapter 95-182, the chapter law at issue in *626 Thompson. Compare Ch. 95-182, §§ 8-10, at 1673-75 (amending section 741.31, creating section 768.35, and amending section 784.046, respectively), with Ch....

...Section 36 of chapter 95-184 amends section 741.31, Florida Statutes, to create a civil cause of action for damages (including costs and attorney's fees) for injuries inflicted in violation of a domestic violence injunction, to be enforced by the court that issued the injunction. [5] Section 37 creates section 768.35, Florida Statutes, to provide a cause of action for victims of continued domestic violence....

...We now apply these above-stated principles to the present case. The title of chapter 95-184, in its entirety, spans almost two pages of text. See Ch. 95-184, at 1676-78. Clearly located within the lengthy title is a reference to amending sections 741.31, 768.35, and 784.06, Florida Statutes, [9] see id....

...ts and attorney's fees) for "[a]ny person who suffers an injury and/or loss as a result of a violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence." Ch. 95-182, § 8, at 1673-74. In section 9 of the chapter law, the Legislature created section 768.35, Florida Statutes, to provide a cause of action for victims of continued domestic violence, in which such victims may recover both compensatory and punitive damages from the perpetrator responsible for the violence....