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Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 404.10

DAMAGES (CASES WITH CLAIMS FOR MENTAL DISTRESS)

activein force · 2026-07-06 – presentact-effective-date

If your verdict is for (claimant), you will next decide (claimant’s) claim for mental distress. On (claimant’s) claim for mental distress, the issues for your determination are:

whether (defendant’s) [denial of] [failure to timely pay] the claim resulted in (insured’s) failure to receive necessary or timely health care; and if so

whether this failure caused or aggravated (insured’s) [medical] [psychiatric] condition; and if so

whether (insured) suffered mental distress related to the condition or the aggravation of the condition.

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floridabar.org
Retrieved
2026-08-18
Edition
2026-08-18
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5b0702ea228c4a9ecdf491d6f29651454ee17a97b1351beb8b02e6ec35fdd544
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