THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
v.
T. W. ROWLAND, C. T. FELIX, FLO. B. DILLMAN, AND R. F. CREGO, EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS DIRECTORS OF ALPHA HOLDING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND ALPHA HOLDING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
T. W. ROWLAND, C. T. FELIX, FLO. B. DILLMAN, AND R. F. CREGO, EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS DIRECTORS OF ALPHA HOLDING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND ALPHA HOLDING CORPORATION, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
160 Fla. 736
Florida Supreme Court (1948)
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Also reported at: 36 So. 2d 419
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Opinion of the Court
The answer to the question propounded under Rule 38 of this court is denied because the question is not one coming within the rule enunciated by this court in Schwob Company v. Florida Industrial Commission, 152 Fla. 203, 11 So. (2nd) 782 and similar cases.
THOMAS, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN and SEBRING, JJ., concur.
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Kluger v. Bernadette White & Manchester Ins. & Indem. Co., 281 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 1973)…1945 enacted Fla.Stat. Ch. 771, F.S.A., which abolishes the rights of action to sue for damages for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of promise. This Court upheld the validity of the chapter in Rotwein v. Gersten, 160 Fla. 736, 36 So. 2d 419 (1948). The Court opined: “The causes of action proscribed by the act under review were a part of the common law and have long been a part of the law of the country. They have no doubt served a good purpose, but when they become an i…1 / 2
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Fred v. Sasso, 431 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)…Compensation Act which had Id. (emphasis supplied) The second situation is exemplified by statutes abolishing the common law action for alienation of affections as an attempt to prevent the danger of blackmail and extortion. See Rotwein v. Gersten, 160 Fla. 736, 36 So. 2d 419 (1948). In addition to defining two situations in which a right of action may be completely abolished, the court has recognized that the doctrine precluding access to courts does not apply to statutes that limit the right of action to…
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- Schwob Co. of Fla. v. Fla. Indus. Comm'n, 152 Fla. 203 (Fla. 1942)