Florida Statute 770.05 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Chapter 770
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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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Cases Citing Statute 770.05

Total Results: 10

Putnam Berkley Group, Inc. v. Dinin

734 So. 2d 532, 1999 WL 333143

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 26, 1999 | Docket: 2516530

Cited 10 times | Published

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

Bayshore Royal Co. v. Doran Jason Co.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 15, 1985 | Docket: 1220378

Cited 8 times | Published

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

Mazur v. Ospina Baraya

275 So. 3d 812

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2019 | Docket: 64719889

Cited 3 times | Published

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

Perdue v. Miami Herald Publishing Company

291 So. 2d 604

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 17, 1974 | Docket: 1350673

Cited 3 times | Published

Chapter 67-52 which in pertinent part became F.S. § 770.05, F.S.A. (limiting a damages claim founded upon

Armstrong v. Times Publishing Co.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 18, 1985 | Docket: 1529366

Cited 2 times | Published

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

Mazur v. Ospina Baraya

275 So. 3d 812

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2019 | Docket: 64719890

Cited 1 times | Published

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

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 2022 | Docket: 63162682

Published

publication 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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 9, 2021 | Docket: 59971142

Published

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

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2019 | Docket: 15897419

Published

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

Miller v. ANHEUSER BUSCH, INC.

591 F. Supp. 2d 1377, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106241, 2008 WL 5427990

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 29, 2008 | Docket: 2286439

Published

utterance thereof in this state."); Fla. Stat, § 770.05 (defines actions subject to single publication