FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 420.8
DEFENSE ISSUES
On the defense, the issue for you to decide is:
Apportionment of fault:
Whether (identify additional person(s) or entit(y)(ies)) [was] [were] also [negligent] [at fault] [responsible] in (describe alleged negligence, fault, or responsibility); and if so, whether that [negligence] [fault] [responsibility] was a contributing legal cause of [loss] [injury] [or] [damage] to (claimant, decedent, or person for whose injury claim is made).
Provenance
- Source
- floridabar.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-18
- Edition
- 2026-08-18
- Content hash
770fa79080b9f3d8d49175a8150e379d6706c08a466c4c1026e0474e7a6c9da1
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