Bumberger v. Bumberger

GUNTHER, Judge.

We affirm the granting of the defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and the subsequent final judgment entered in favor of the estate of plaintiffs deceased husband.

Plaintiff/appellant claims that the doctrine of interspousal immunity does not bar her from bringing an action for negligence against the estate of her deceased tort-feasor husband. We disagree and hold that the doctrine of interspousal immunity bars such a suit.

The Florida Supreme Court has been very consistent in its position that the doctrine of interspousal immunity bars suits between spouses in the…