FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 451.5
BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY
(Claimant) claims that (defendant) breached a fiduciary duty [he] [she] [it] owed to (claimant) and was damaged as a result.
You must decide whether (defendant) breached a fiduciary duty to (claimant) and whether the breach was a legal cause of damages.
A breach of a fiduciary duty occurs when (defendant) failed to act [with the utmost good faith, fairness, and honesty] [with the highest and finest loyalty] and:
a. failed to protect (claimant’s) financial or property interests; or
b. failed to protect (claimant’s) [secrets] [confidences] [private information]; or
c. used such information to the detriment of (claimant)
and breach of the fiduciary duty is a legal cause of damage to (claimant).
Provenance
- Source
- floridabar.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-18
- Edition
- 2026-08-18
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