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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 770
DEFAMATION
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F.S. 770.07
770.07 Cause of action, time of accrual.The cause of action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance, as described in s. 770.05, shall be deemed to have accrued at the time of the first publication or exhibition or utterance thereof in this state.
History.s. 3, ch. 67-52.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 770.07
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Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 770.07.



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Cases Citing Statute 770.07

Total Results: 13

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: constitute a single publication under section 770.07, Florida Statutes (2016). The trial court held

JAMES CULLEN LOWERY, III v. SHANE MCBEE

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

Snippet: 68 So. 3d 923 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), and section 770.07, Florida Statutes (2019), in support. Defendant

Weeks v. Town of Palm Beach

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-07-25

Citation: 252 So. 3d 258

Snippet: publication[.]" Wagner , 629 So.2d at 115 ; accord § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2012). "Although chapter 770 primarily

JASON WEEKS v. TOWN OF PALM BEACH

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-07-25

Snippet: publication[.]” Wagner, 629 So. 2d at 115; accord § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2012). “Although chapter 770 primarily

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: exhibition or utterance thereof in this state.” § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2014!). The single publication rule

Comins v. Vanvoorhis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2014-04-11

Citation: 135 So. 3d 545, 42 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2021, 2014 WL 1393081, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5318

Snippet: the Florida Supreme Court has held that section 770.07, which establishes the point in time when a cause

FLORIDA GAMCO, INC. v. Fontaine

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-08-10

Citation: 68 So. 3d 923, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12515, 2011 WL 3477081

Snippet: accrued "at the time of the first publication." § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2010). Mirabella testified that the

Baucom v. Haverty

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2001-11-21

Citation: 805 So. 2d 959, 2001 WL 1471754

Snippet: to someone at each new potential employer. See § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (1999) ("The cause of action for damages

Musto v. Bell South Telecommunications

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1999-07-14

Citation: 748 So. 2d 296, 1999 WL 492683

Snippet: defamatory statement and interpretation of section 770.07, Florida Statutes (1987), which sets the time of

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: of limitations, defendants also rely on section 770.07 which provides that certain claims for damages

Tobkin v. Jarboe

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-05-21

Citation: 695 So. 2d 1257, 1997 WL 269079

Snippet: discovery. Id. at 114. The court considered section 770.07, which states: Cause of action, time of accrual

WAGNER, NUGENT, JOHNSON v. Flanagan

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-11-10

Citation: 629 So. 2d 113

Snippet: of action for defamation accrues on publication: 770.07 Cause of action, time of accrual — The cause of

Perdue v. Miami Herald Publishing Company

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

Citation: 291 So. 2d 604

Snippet: was based on Florida Statutes §§ 47.051[1] and 770.07[2], F.S.A. After transfer of the cause to Dade