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WILCOX v. JONES

No. 76-1604.

346 So.2d 1037 (1977)

John Ross WILCOX, Douglas Montgomery Wilcox and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Appellants, v. Bobby JONES, As Administrator of the Estate of Rhonda Perry Jefferson, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Neill and Michael Jeffries, of Neill, Griffin, Jeffries & Lloyd, Fort Pierce, for appellants.

William M. Cobb, of Sullivan Cobb & Petersen, Vero Beach, for appellee.

MAGER, Chief Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal, which is one of first impression in Florida, is whether the father of an illegitimate child may recover damages for the wrongful death of his illegitimate child.

Based upon our reading of Sections 768.16-768.27, Florida Statutes (1975) (the Florida Wrongful Death Act), and, in particular, the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Trimble v. Gordon et al., ___ U.S. ___, 97 S.Ct....

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