Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 142
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/15/2011 11:21 AM       .                                
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       Senator Simmons moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 24 - 39
    4  and insert:
    5         (a)Accident” means the events and actions that relate to
    6  the incident as well as those events and actions that relate to
    7  the alleged defect or injuries, including enhanced injuries.
    8         (b) “Economic damages” means past lost income and future
    9  lost income reduced to present value; medical and funeral
   10  expenses; lost support and services; replacement value of lost
   11  personal property; loss of appraised fair market value of real
   12  property; costs of construction repairs, including labor,
   13  overhead, and profit; and any other economic loss that which
   14  would not have occurred but for the injury giving rise to the
   15  cause of action.
   16         (c)“Negligence action” means, without limitation, a civil
   17  action for damages based upon a theory of negligence; strict
   18  liability; products liability; or professional malpractice,
   19  whether couched in terms of contract, tort, or breach of
   20  warranty and like theories. The substance of an action, not
   21  conclusory terms used by a party, determines whether an action
   22  is a negligence action.
   23         (d)“Products liability action” means a civil action based
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26         And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 3
   28  and insert:
   29         F.S.; defining the terms “accident,” “negligence
   30         action,” and