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Florida Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Florida, with Miami as the focal jurisdiction. I walk readers through the Florida Wrongful Death Act at Fla. Stat. Section 768.16 et seq., the Section 46.021 survival statute and the "Wrongful Death Act subsumes survival" doctrine, the post-McCall and post-Kalitan medmal landscape where the Florida Supreme Court struck down the Section 766.118 noneconomic damages caps, the HB 837 (2023) conversion from pure to modified comparative fault with 50-percent bar, the Section 766.106 medmal pre-suit notice and Section 766.203 corroborating affidavit, the 2-year wrongful death SOL, and how NoVA-to-Florida travel ties produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
