Bill Text: FL S0560 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recovery for Wrongful Death

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Judiciary [S0560 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S0560-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 560
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       39-00792-22                                            2022560__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to recovery for wrongful death;
    3         amending s. 768.21, F.S.; deleting a prohibition on
    4         adult children of certain decedents recovering
    5         specified damages; providing an effective date.
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    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 768.21, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         768.21 Damages.—All potential beneficiaries of a recovery
   12  for wrongful death, including the decedent’s estate, shall be
   13  identified in the complaint, and their relationships to the
   14  decedent shall be alleged. Damages may be awarded as follows:
   15         (8) The damages specified in subsection (3) shall not be
   16  recoverable by adult children and the damages specified in
   17  subsection (4) shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult
   18  child with respect to claims for medical negligence as defined
   19  by s. 766.106(1).
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.