No cause of action dies with the person. All causes of action survive and may be commenced, prosecuted, and defended in the name of the person prescribed by law.
Fla. Stat. § 46.021
Actions; surviving death of party
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case 898 So. 2d 1 - Knowles v. Beverly Enterprises-Florida (2004)
Most recently applied in Sharbaugh v. Beaudry (July 2017)
History.--s. 30, Nov. 23, 1828; RS 989; GS 1375; RGS 2571; CGL 4211; s. 1, ch. 26541, 1951; s. 2, ch. 67-254
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.