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2010 Florida Code
TITLE XLV TORTS
Chapter 768 NEGLIGENCE
PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS(ss. 768.041-768.37)
768.17 Legislative intent.
768.17 Legislative intent.
It is the public policy of the state to shift the losses resulting when wrongful death occurs from the survivors of the decedent to the wrongdoer. Sections 768.16-768.26 are remedial and shall be liberally construed.
History. s. 1, ch. 72-35; s. 106, ch. 2003-1.
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