Case ID: so2d_760/html/1096-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Adele NACHT, Appellant, v. Barry LEVIN, Appellee.
    No. 3D99-2618.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    June 28, 2000.
    Carl P. Bowen, for appellant.
    Perez, Goran & Rodriguez and Javier J. Rodriguez, Coral Gables, for appellee.
    Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 768.20, Fla. Stat. (1999) (“The [wrongful death] action shall be brought by the decedent’s personal representative.”); Benson v. Benson, 533 So.2d 889 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988) (holding that a wrongful death action must be brought by the personal representative); see also Continental National Bank v. Brill, 636 So.2d 782, 784 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (“The personal representative must bring a single action to recover damages for all beneficiaries”) (emphasis added).