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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

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
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 770.07.



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WEEKS, v. TOWN OF PALM BEACH, A B., 252 So. 3d 258 (Fla. App. Ct. 2018)

. . . Wagner , 629 So.2d at 115 ; accord § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2012). . . . Thus, section 770.07 is "applicable to all civil litigants, both public and private, in defamation actions . . .

NORKIN, v. THE FLORIDA BAR, a, 311 F. Supp. 3d 1299 (S.D. Fla. 2018)

. . . . § 770.07 ("The cause of action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance . . . Stat. §§ 770.05, 770.07. . . .

Dr. ASHRAF, v. ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM SUNBELT, INC. a d b a, 200 So. 3d 173 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . .” § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2014!). . . .

M. COMINS, v. VANVOORHIS,, 135 So. 3d 545 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

. . . Indeed, the Florida Supreme Court has held that section 770.07, which establishes the point in time when . . . pointed out that the chapter is broadly titled "Civil Actions for Libel" and that limiting section 770.07 . . .

FLORIDA GAMCO, INC. v. FONTAINE, a, 68 So. 3d 923 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . .” § 770.07, Fla. Stat. (2010). . . .

MILLER, v. ANHEUSER BUSCH, INC. a, 348 F. App'x 547 (11th Cir. 2009)

. . . . § 770.07 (“The cause of action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance . . .

MILLER, v. ANHEUSER BUSCH, INC., 591 F. Supp. 2d 1377 (S.D. Fla. 2008)

. . . . § 770.07 (“The cause of action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance . . .

BAUCOM, v. F. HAVERTY,, 805 So. 2d 959 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . See § 770.07, Fla. . . .

A. MUSTO, v. BELL SOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a, 748 So. 2d 296 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . That case concerned a single private defamatory statement and interpretation of section 770.07, Florida . . . The Wagner, Nugent court held section 770.07 applied to all civil litigants and not just media defendants . . .

PUTNAM BERKLEY GROUP, INC. a a v. DININ, 734 So. 2d 532 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . those general provisions from the chapter on statutes of limitations, defendants also rely on section 770.07 . . . action for damages under section 540.08 is not one of those specific actions encompassed by section 770.07 . . . The kinds of actions covered by section 770.07 are expressly given as “libel or slander, invasion of . . . damages under section 540.08 is not an action for invasion of privacy and thus is not embraced by section 770.07 . . . See § 95.11(3)(p) (“any action not specifically provided for in these statutes”) and § 770.07 (action . . .

TOBKIN, v. L. JARBOE, 695 So. 2d 1257 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . The court considered section 770.07, which states: Cause of action, time of accrual. — The cause of action . . . context of this statement makes it clear that the court in Wagner, Nugent was applying only section 770.07 . . .

In BLACKBURN. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, AS RECEIVER OF GUARANTEE SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. BLACKBURN, STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, AS RECEIVER OF ATLANTIC GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. BLACKBURN,, 209 B.R. 4 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1997)

. . . that the discovery rule was inapplicable to defamation claims because the defamation statute, Section 770.07 . . .

WAGNER, NUGENT, JOHNSON, ROTH, ROMANO, ERIKSON KUPFER, P. A. v. H. FLANAGAN, Jr., 629 So. 2d 113 (Fla. 1993)

. . . While I find Justice Shaw’s dissent makes good sense, I see no way around the plain language of section 770.07 . . . A cause of action for defamation accrues on publication: 770.07 Cause of action, time of accrual. — The . . . Section 770.07, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . . And while it is logical to provide, as does section 770.07, that a cause of action for defamation against . . .

A. PELULLO, v. S. PATTERSON, II,, 788 F. Supp. 234 (D.N.J. 1992)

. . . . § 770.07, however, defendant’s own redistribution of the same Report does not re-commence the two-year . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 770.07. . . .

PERDUE, a k a v. MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, a, 291 So. 2d 604 (Fla. 1974)

. . . The decision of the trial court to transfer the cause was based on Florida Statutes §§ 47.051 and 770.07 . . . S. § 770.07, F.S.A., (providing that the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued at the time . . . F.S. § 770.07, F.S.A. . . . Respondent contends that proper venue can only lie in Dade County, citing F.S. § 770.07, F.S.A. . . . Ch. 67-52 (F.S. §§ 770.-05 and 770.07, F.S.A.) did not repeal the application of any corporate venue . . .

PERDUE v. MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING CO., 34 Fla. Supp. 3 (De Soto Cty. Cir. Ct. 1970)

. . . . §770.07, provides that a cause of action for libel based upon any one edition of a newspaper accrues . . . Therefore as provided in §770.07 and §47.051 this action for libel against defendant, the Miami Herald . . .