What kinds of damages are recoverable in a Florida wrongful death claim?

Under wrongful death claims in Florida, the damages recoverable, that’s going to be lost earnings if the person was in their working years, it’s going to be lost support if they were providing support to a spouse or children, it’s going to be loss of companionship to spouse, children, those sorts of things. The whole gamut of the harm that’s caused from that person’s death, that’s what the damages are going to be. It’s all the way from medical expenses, funeral expenses, the money that person would have earned, the money that person would have saved, plus the grief and loss of the people who loved that person and lost them.

 

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