FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 501.15
PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGES: INTRODUCTION — CASES APPLYING SECTION 9, CHAPTER 2023-15
a. When directed verdict is given on the claimant’s cause of action and there is no issue of comparative negligence by the claimant:
You should award (claimant) an amount of money that the greater weight of the evidence shows will fairly and adequately compensate [him] [her] for [his] [her] [loss] [injury] [or] [damage], including any damage (claimant) is reasonably certain to [incur] [experience] in the future. You shall consider the following elements:
b. All other cases:
[If your verdict is for (defendant)(s))] [or] [[If] [if] you have assigned greater than 50% of any [negligence] [fault] to (claimant)], you will not consider the matter of damages. But [if the greater weight of the evidence supports (claimant’s) claim,] [and] [if you have assigned 50% or less of any [negligence] [fault] to (claimant)], you should determine and write on the verdict form, in dollars, the total amount of [loss] [injury] [or] [damage] which the greater weight of the evidence shows will fairly and adequately compensate [him] [her] for [his] [her] [loss] [injury] [or] [damage], including any damages that (claimant) is reasonably certain to incur or experience in the future. You shall consider the following elements:
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