Toombs v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that no cause of action for wrongful death survived the decedent because she had no right of action at her death
• holding that no cause of action for wrongful death survived the decedent because she had no right of action at her death
• holding that “the language of the Act” precluded the plaintiff from recovering
• “[A]n action for wrongful death . . . involves different rights of recovery and damages . . . .”
• \Section 768.19 . . . defines the right of action under the Wrongful Death Act . . . .\
• “[T]his Court has long characterized the [Wrongful Death] Act as creating a new and distinct right of action from the right of action the decedent had prior to death.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).