- Source type
- Court decision
- Date
- April 23, 1975
- Issuing body or court
- Supreme Court of Florida
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
- Citation
- 314 So. 2d 765 (Fla. 1975)
- Acquisition method
- Official online source
- Publication status
- Metadata only
- Source checked
- 2026-09-12
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What it establishes: Martin upheld the 1972 Act’s consolidation of survival and wrongful-death actions and described the decedent’s pain-and-suffering claim as eliminated when the injury caused death, with survivor pain and suffering substituted.
Why it matters: The decision is the bridge between the 1972 statutory text and the later question whether the 1990 medical-negligence exclusion withdrew part of the substituted remedy from specified survivors.