The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Stat. § 768.78(2). . . . Stat. § 768.78(2)(b)(1). . . . Id. § 768.78(2)(a). . . . Stat. § 768.78(2)with id. at § 768.78(1). . . . Stat. § 768.78(2)(b). . . .
. . . Following the ascending structure of Section 768.78(1), the verdict form asks the jury, if “you have . . .
. . . . § 768.78. . . .
. . . award of attorney’s fees as the Pension Fund has conceded that the cap on attorney’s fees, see section 768.78 . . .
. . . F.S. 768.78, adopted at the same time, provided for alternative methods of payment of damage awards when . . . At the same time, F.S. 768.78 was amended to substitute the words “the Court determines” in place of . . . No court opinion has expressly determined whether F.S. 768.77 or 768.78 is constitutional under the provisions . . . The committee takes no position on how a court would, if requested, comply with F.S. 768.78 in cases . . . For verdict requirements in medical negligence claims, see F.S. 768.77(2) and 768.78(2)(a). . . .
. . . In 1986 the legislature also adopted section 768.78 providing for alternative methods of payment of damage . . . also substituted the words “the Court determines” in place of the words “trier of fact” in section 768.78 . . . No court opinion has expressly determined whether section 768.77 or section 768.78 is constitutional . . . The committee takes no position on how the court might comply with section 768.78 in cases tried by a . . . extended payout of future noneco-nomic as well as economic damages, a purpose absent from present § 768.78 . . .
. . . their undersigned counsel and offers the [pjlaintiff, Justyna Brysiak Clipper, pursuant to [sjection 768.78 . . .
. . . filed a proof of claim on July 17, 1998, for a secured claim of $12,-950.00 and an unsecured claim of $768.78 . . .
. . . permitting periodic payments of the $2,400,000 awarded in future economic damages, pursuant to section 768.78 . . . future economic damage award in periodic installments rather than in a lump sum, pursuant to section 768.78 . . . Plaintiff responds that both subsection (l)(a) and (2)(a) of section 768.78 apply in this case and that . . . damages, as itemized pursuant to s. 768.77, to be paid by periodic payments rather than lump sum. § 768.78 . . . Appellants’ argument that section 768.78(2)(a) requires a trial court to comply with a party’s request . . .
. . . 1100 (Fla.1993), also addressed the inconsistency existing between section 44.102(5)(b), and section 768.78 . . .
. . . The foregoing holding does not represent a conclusion that, if section 768.78 also applied to actions . . .
. . . In such a case, proration would follow under section 768.78, based on the special verdict determination . . .
. . . devise a basic form of damage verdict that is both responsive to the requirements of sections 768.77 and 768.78 . . . It has been suggested that we should ignore the provisions of sections 768.77 and 768.78 in structuring . . . damages, the complexity added to the verdict is to no end: that information serves no purpose in § 768.78 . . . extended payout of future noneconomic as well as economic damages, a purpose absent from present § 768.78 . . . Committee expresses no opinion of whether such future damages are “economic” within the meaning of § 768.78 . . .
. . . The court awarded Dunn Appraisal $61,-573.56 compensatory damages and $30,-768.78 punitive damages, plus . . .
. . . Young brought an action against plaintiff for $768.78 in damages to her automobile. . . .