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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 770
DEFAMATION
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F.S. 770.05
770.05 Limitation of choice of venue.No person shall have more than one choice of venue for damages for libel or slander, invasion of privacy, or any other tort founded upon any single publication, exhibition, or utterance, such as any one edition of a newspaper, book, or magazine, any one presentation to an audience, any one broadcast over radio or television, or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.
History.s. 1, ch. 67-52.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 770.05
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 770.05.



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Cases Citing Statute 770.05

Total Results: 12

JACLYN SWEDBERG v. GOLDFINGER'S SOUTH, INC., D/B/A SHOWGIRLS, INC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-03-16

Snippet: or exhibition or utterance, as described in § 770.05, shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of

JAMES CULLEN LOWERY, III v. SHANE MCBEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-09

Snippet: discussed the then-recent enactment of section 770.05, Florida Statutes (which limits a claim for defamation

Mazur v. Ospina Baraya

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-07-10

Citation: 275 So. 3d 812

Snippet: Davies, 449 So. 2d at 420. Interestingly, section 770.05, which addresses limitation of choice of venue

Mazur v. Ospina Baraya

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-07-10

Citation: 275 So. 3d 812

Snippet: Davies, 449 So. 2d at 420. Interestingly, section 770.05, which addresses limitation of choice of venue

ROBERT MAZUR, KYC SOLUTIONS, INC., PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, LLC, LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY v. FRANCISCO JAVIER OSPINA BARAYA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2019-07-10

Snippet: Davies, 449 So. 2d at 420. Interestingly, section 770.05, which addresses limitation of choice of venue

Ashraf v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-07-01

Citation: 200 So. 3d 173, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 10158, 2016 WL 3569545

Snippet: or exhibition or utterance, as described in s. 770.05, shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of

Amador v. Walker

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-12-05

Citation: 862 So. 2d 729, 2003 WL 23104794

Snippet: costs), for a total judgment in the amount of $10,770.05. Because the total judgment amount exceeded the

Putnam Berkley Group, Inc. v. Dinin

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-05-26

Citation: 734 So. 2d 532, 1999 WL 333143

Snippet: Code, or the Florida Guardianship Law. [10] See § 770.05, Fla. Stat. (1997).

Armstrong v. Times Publishing Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-12-18

Citation: 481 So. 2d 41, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 9, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16889

Snippet: statute was construed in pari materia with Section 770.05, which addresses the limitation of choice of venue

Bayshore Royal Co. v. Doran Jason Co.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-11-15

Citation: 480 So. 2d 651, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2556, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16833

Snippet: 1338 (3d ed. 1957); 5 S. Williston, supra, at § 770; 5 A. Corbin, Corbin on Contracts § 990, at 3 (1964);

Edward L. Nezelek, Inc. v. Sunbeam Tel. Corp.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-03-16

Citation: 413 So. 2d 51

Snippet: damages suffered through defamation by the media. §§ 770.05, 770.08, Florida Statutes (1979), Perdue v. Miami

Perdue v. Miami Herald Publishing Company

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1974-01-17

Citation: 291 So. 2d 604

Snippet: passage, since the time of that decision, of F.S. §§ 770.05-770.08, F.S.A., and held that venue of the instant