No person shall have more than one choice of venue for damages for libel or slander, invasion of privacy, or any other tort founded upon any single publication, exhibition, or utterance, such as any one edition of a newspaper, book, or magazine, any one presentation to an audience, any one broadcast over radio or television, or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.
Fla. Stat. § 770.05
Limitation of choice of venue
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Norkin v. Fla. Bar (2018)
Most recently applied in Norkin v. Fla. Bar (April 2018)
History.--s. 1, ch. 67-52.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.