Variety Children's Hosp. v. Perkins

How courts have described this case

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• basing its decision “upon the language contained in section 768.19, Florida Statutes (1981)”
• damages for wrongful death include all damages to which the claimant would have been entitled for personal injuries had death not ensued
• “[T]he paramount purpose of the Florida Wrongful Death Act is to prevent a tortfeasor from evading liability for his misconduct when such misconduct results in death.”
• “Since there was no right of action existing at the time of death, under the statute no wrongful death cause of action survived the decedent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).