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2021 Florida Statutes
Title XLV - Torts
Chapter 768 - Negligence
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 768.041-768.39)
768.17 - Legislative intent.
Universal Citation: FL Stat § 768.17 (2021)
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.