Free Kill Law: cuz fuck you if you're single or childless

This refers specifically to Florida's "free kill law"

Which limits the ability of family members to pursue damages against a third party for medical mal practice.

Florida Statute 768 outlines Negligence

With 768.16 detailing the Wrongful Death Act and 768.18 list the definitions including what it means to be the "survivor"

“Survivors” means the decedent’s spouse, children, parents, and, when partly or wholly dependent on the decedent for support or services, any blood relatives and adoptive brothers and sisters. It includes the child born out of wedlock of a mother, but not the child born out of wedlock of the father unless the father has recognized a responsibility for the child’s support. (2) “Minor children” means children under 25 years of age, notwithstanding the age of majority.

Comments

bobollyabout 2 months ago215

This has been a law since the 90s and desantis vetoed changes last year.

You have more rights getting hurt at a Walmart

PriscillaPalavaabout 2 months ago141

Florida has all sorts of fucked up restrictions on suing. They’re all designed to protect corporations, of course. 

popshamhocksabout 2 months ago101

What are Floridians doing to fix the problem?

I2fitnessabout 2 months ago88

TLDR: if you're over 25 with no kids you can't sue a doctor for wrongful death

OrganicAd5536about 2 months ago52

I was familiar with this provision of the Florida's wrongful death statute but had never heard it called "the Free Kill Law"

As tragic as the situations surrounding this law are, I just want to commend the people trying to change it for their excellent branding. Way, way too often I see social activists trying and failing to get negative colloquial names for laws/systems off the ground and they wither quickly while the American right's framing is accepted by the media hook-line-and-sinker (see Obamacare, rebranding universal healthcare as "socialized medicine", standard medical priority lists as "death lists", etc.) But this moniker seems to be genuinely very popular and the first thing people hear about it, getting the message spread FAST

Geekandhermitabout 2 months ago43

Fuck that I’m married, old and have kids. It should be a free kill law on me I’m tired man

flojo2012about 2 months ago32

Pay attention to the boring topics folks. Like Tort reform. Not a sexy topic until it impacts you. Also, pay more attention to local and state politics. Vote in state elections.

NoTop4997about 2 months ago15

I have been told from my bank that the only reason I can't get a home loan is because I am not married and don't have children.

ChunkyBubblzabout 2 months ago13

Stop electing Republicans if you don’t want Florida to be a shit hole

Technical_Role743about 2 months ago6

It’s throwing women, no, not just women, away because they haven’t ’contributed’ their society or have a status of marriage attached to them.