MELVIN CHAMBERS, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Dempsey, 635 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 1994)
  …t DCA), review denied, 407 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 1981); 'Brown v. Caldwell, 389 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); Hillsborough County Sch. Bd. v. Perez, 385 So. 2d 177 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980); City Stores Co. v. Langer, 308 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 3d DCA), dismissed, 312 So. 2d 758 (Fla.1975). Thus, there can be no legitimate doubt that, consistent with common law, a recovery for the loss of an injured child’s companionship is not available to a parent under Florida law as it currently stands. The real issue in this case is wh…
• Jerrie Douglas Brown v. Caldwell, 389 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980)
  …d of $15,000.00 for future medical was erroneous as a matter of law. We agree. A parent can only recover his pecuniary loss as a result of injury to his minor child. City Stores Company v. Langer, 308 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1975), appeal dismissed 312 So. 2d 758 (La.). The parent’s right of action is totally independent of any action by the child. Although the child must sue by his “next friend” (if there is no guardian or other like fiduciary, Rule 1.210(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure), the “next fri…
• Selfe v. Smith, 397 So. 2d 348 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
  …271 So. 2d 466, 477 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972), rev’d, 291 So. 2d 593 (Fla.1974). . Youngblood v. Taylor, 89 So. 2d 503 (Fla.1956); Brown v. Caldwell, 389 So. 2d 287 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980); City Stores Co. v. Langer, 308 So. 2d 621 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), dism., 312 So. 2d 758 (Fla.1975). . Annot., 92 A.L.R.3d 9 (1979) (nonuse of seat belt as contributory negligence in states barring recovery for contributory negligence). . Annot., 95 A.L.R.3d 239 (1979) (nonuse of seat belt as comparative negligence); see also Annot.,…