PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST v. NEWRY

No. 88-1812.

556 So.2d 1142 (1989)

PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST, Appellant, v. Ardena R. NEWRY, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Co. Atty. and James J. Allen, Asst. Co. Atty., for appellant.

Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, James C. Blecke, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Rejecting the defendant-appellant's primary contention on appeal, we find ample evidence that the decedent father "has recognized a responsibility for the ... support" of each of the allegedly illegitimate children on whose behalf the instant wrongful death action was maintained. See § 768.18(1), Fla. Stat. (1987). Compare Whitefield v. Kainer, 369 So.2d 684 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979). Accordingly, the judgment...

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