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Let’s Get Hitched: Florida Supreme Court Expands Interpretation of “Surviving Spouse” Under the Florida Wrongful Death Act

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In Ripple v. CBS Corporation, et. al., the Florida Supreme Court held a surviving spouse is entitled to recovery for wrongful death under the Florida Wrongful Death Act (the Act), codified at Fla. Stat. §§ 768.16-768.26...more

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Florida Supreme Court Grants Review of Common Law Marriage-Before-Injury Rule on Loss of Consortium Recovery

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Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently held that to recover for loss of consortium under the Florida Wrongful Death Act, a surviving spouse must be married to the decedent at the time of injury—not the time of...more

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Can a Person Marry Into Consortium Damages in a Wrongful Death Claim? Florida’s Fourth and Fifth District Courts of Appeal Are in...

Permitting an injured plaintiff’s spouse to claim loss of consortium where the injury in question occurred prior to the marriage would enable the spouse to marry into a cause of action. Florida’s common law rejects this...more

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Three Point Shot - December 2016

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In Partial Trademark Victory over Chinese Sportswear Company, MJ Posterizes Unauthorized User of Chinese Version of His Name - In Game 3 of the first round of the 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoffs between the New York...more

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