Hess v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 743 So. 2d 1 - Ruiz v. State · 740 So. 2d 1189 - First Healthcare Corp. v. Hamilton · 611 So. 2d 43 - Funchess v. Gulf Stream Apartments · 729 So. 2d 523 - In Re Estate of Wiggins · 701 So. 2d 418 - Frazier v. Metropolitan Dade County
Most-quoted passages
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“A defense that would bar or reduce a survivor's recovery if she or he were the plaintiff may be asserted against the survivor, but shall not affect the recovery of any other survivor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“personal representative, who shall recover for the benefit of the decedent's survivors and estate all damages . . . caused by the injury. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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