HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                    Bill No. HB 25

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Burroughs offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, line(s) 8, of the bill

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16  insert:  Section 1.

17         768.19  Right of action.--When the death of a person is

18  caused by the wrongful act, negligence, default, or breach of

19  contract or warranty of any person, including those occurring

20  on navigable waters, and the event would have entitled the

21  person injured to maintain an action and recover damages if

22  death had not ensued, the person or watercraft that would have

23  been liable in damages if death had not ensued shall be liable

24  for damages as specified in this act notwithstanding the death

25  of the person injured, although death was caused under

26  circumstances constituting a felony. Chapter 766 shall apply

27  to all wrongful death actions pursuant to s. 768.16-768.27

28  with respect to claims for medical malpractice as defined by

29  s. 766.106(1). Renumber subsequent sections.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                    Bill No. HB 25

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

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  6  insert  before the word "repealing": all wrongful death

  7  resulting from medical malpractice pursuant to s.

  8  768.16-768.27 is subject to chapter 766.;

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