Originals first: This archive separates original documents and recordings from project annotations, transcripts, and analysis. A transcript is a navigation aid. The underlying document or audio, its provenance, and its known gaps control.
A documentary chain, not a pile of links
The collection begins with the pre-1968 remedy, follows the 1972 statutory exchange and the decisions in Kluger and Martin, then presents the 1990 bill files, session law, and legislative audio. Each source record states what the item is, where it came from, what it can establish, and what remains incomplete.
Preserve
Keep the original scan or recording unchanged. Record the issuing body, date, citation, source location, and acquisition history.
Describe
State what the source proves, what it does not prove, relevant pages or timestamps, and any missing pages, tape sides, or inaudible passages.
Interpret separately
Publish OCR, transcripts, annotations, and project conclusions as derivative layers that can be corrected without altering the original.
Search the historical sources
Some project-held archival documents are represented by source records before their public scans are attached. Those records are marked as pending rather than silently replaced with a secondary summary.
Florida Wrongful-Death and Survival Law (1967)
Florida Statutes (1967), pre-1968 constitutional baseline
The pre-1968 statutory baseline used to identify the remedies that existed when Florida adopted the 1968 Constitution.
Chapter 72-35, Laws of Florida (1972 Wrongful Death Act)
Ch. 72-35, Laws of Fla.; House Bill 120 (1972)
The 1972 Act consolidated Florida wrongful-death law and created the remedial structure later described in Martin.
Kluger v. White, 281 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1973)
281 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1973)
The controlling access-to-courts framework for legislative abolition of a pre-1968 right of redress.
Martin v. United Security Services, Inc., 314 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 1975)
314 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 1975)
The decision explaining the 1972 Act as a consolidation and substitution of death-causing remedies.
Academic Task Force for Review of the Insurance and Tort Systems, Final Report
Final Report, Florida insurance and tort systems review
A contemporaneous policy source cited in the project record concerning tort and insurance conditions preceding the 1990 legislation.
CS/SB 324 Final Staff Analysis (1990)
CS/SB 324, Final Staff Analysis and Economic Impact Statement (June 26, 1990)
The final Senate analysis of the bill enacted as Chapter 90-14.
CS/HB 709 Final Staff Analysis and Committee Materials (1990)
CS/HB 709, Final Staff Analysis (June 26, 1990)
The House companion analysis and related committee record for the 1990 wrongful-death legislation.
Chapter 90-14, Laws of Florida
Ch. 90-14, Laws of Fla.; Senate Bill 324 (1990)
The enacted session law that expanded the survivor definition and created the medical-negligence exclusion now codified at section 768.21(8).
Senate Judiciary Civil Committee, SB 324 Audio
Archival legislative recording, SB 324, Apr. 4, 1990
Archival committee audio concerning SB 324 and the 1990 Wrongful Death Act changes.
House Judiciary Subcommittee, HB 709 Audio
Archival legislative recording, HB 709, Apr. 4, 1990
Archival House subcommittee audio concerning HB 709, the companion to SB 324.
Florida Senate Floor, SB 324 Audio
Archival Senate floor recording, SB 324, Apr. 17, 1990
Full Florida Senate floor recording that includes consideration of SB 324.
Florida House Floor, HB 709 and SB 324 Audio
Archival House floor recording, HB 709 and SB 324, May 1, 1990
Full Florida House floor recording that includes substitution and consideration of the 1990 wrongful-death legislation.