Goodnight v. Capiello

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

The Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit has certified to this court a question which is stated will be determinative of the cause and which is without controlling precedent. The question presented to us is:

Is the word “survivors” as it appears in the second sentence of Section 768.-21(6)(a) to be read in conjunction with the definition of that term as it appears in Section 768.18(1), so that loss of net accumulations is a recoverable element of damages to the estate in an action for wrongful death pursuant to Chapter 768, Florida Statutes, only when (1)…