Supreme Court clarifies ‘surviving spouse’ standard in wrongful death cases
A Florida woman who married a Navy veteran four months before he died of mesothelioma is a “surviving spouse” entitled to recover damages, the Florida Supreme Court has determined. “We reject the respondent’s argument that, in these circumstances, the common law ‘marriage before injury’ rule bars recovery under section 768.21(2),” Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz wrote […]

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