FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Contract & Bus.) 504.11
NOMINAL DAMAGES
If you decide that (defendant) breached the contract but also that (claimant) did not prove any loss or damage, you may still award (claimant) nominal damages such as one dollar.
SOURCES AND AUTHORITIES FOR 504.11
1. AMC/Jeep of Vero Beach, Inc. v. Funston, 403 So.2d 602, 605 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981) (“While there is a legal remedy for every legal wrong and, thus, a cause of action exists for every breach of contract, an aggrieved party who has suffered no damage is only entitled to a judgment for nominal damages.”).
2. Dep’t of Transp. v. Weisenfeld, 617 So.2d 1071, 1086 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993) (“Whenever the intentional invasion of a legal right occurs the law infers some damage to the party whose rights were violated and if no evidence is adduced as to any particular specific loss or damage, the law ‘rights’ or remedies the wrong by awarding nominal damages, usually in the amount of $1.00.”).
SECTION 600 — SUBSTANTIVE INSTRUCTIONS — GENERAL
Translation/Interpretation
Provenance
- Source
- floridabar.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-18
- Edition
- 2026-08-18
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