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This is a Jacksonville-only information page about a Florida rule that deserves to be stated clearly: the personal representative of the estate, not each family member separately, brings a wrongful death action for survivors and the estate. It also explains Florida’s statutory definition of survivor, the ordinary two-year deadline, and the Fourth Judicial Circuit court context for Duval County. The page is not a law firm and does not pretend that an outcome, a claim value, or the right path can be known from a website. Its purpose is more limited: help a family recognize the procedural questions before misplaced authority, missing records, or an unattended date makes a hard situation harder.