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If you were married at the time of the collision, then the simple answer is yes. Your spouse maintains a "loss of consortium" claim. This is because your spouse loses certain "services" that you provided prior to your injuries. Although intimacy is part of the package of "services" you lose, there are many other consortium damages. For example if you were the person who cooked meals and your spouse had to perform this job while you were injured, this is a service your spouse has lost. Housework, laundry, lawn care, driving the children, grocery shopping, remodeling, etc. are examples of services which a spouse may take over for you. These services are given very little consideration by the insurance adjuster prior to filing suit.  However, your spouses name must be on the check or your spouse may make a claim after you have resolved your claim. 

Under Florida law, the individuals on the car title are responsible for any injuries that car causes in an accident if the car was being driven by a permissive user. I hate to say this, but I would think the law of the forum state where the accident occurs would control over Florida law....the best thing to do is take out plenty of bodily injury liability insurance on the car, and ask that same question of the insurance agent selling you the policy of insurance. Also, if the car is going to be driven out of state by your daughter, then I would also ask the insurance agent if the car should be insured in Florida or in Washington, if the car is going to be driven almost exclusively in Washington.

Was the case a private school or a public school? Government entities typically have more legal defenses to plaintiff lawsuits. That being said, if the school officials were on notice of the foreseeable danger and risk of this attack and did not take steps to eliminate said risk then there could be liability.