Devlin v. McMannis

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a suit by the estate of a minor decedent and a suit by the minor’s parents for wrongful death were separate causes of action requiring separate setoffs
• § 768.041(2) is designed to prevent duplicate or overlapping compensation for identical damages
• section 768.041(2) “authorizes to be set off from a judgment against one joint tort-feasor only the amount constituting a settlement for the damages or damage elements recoverable in the same cause of action against another joint tort-feasor”

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