Corbett v. Dade County Board of Public Instruction

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The minor plaintiff-appellant appeals from a jury verdict and judgment of $5,000 rendered in her favor. She contends that the trial judge erroneously refused to instruct the jury as to her right to recover for future damages. We hold that the evidence at the trial required the granting of such a charge and accordingly reverse the judgment under review.

The action below arose out of an incident which occurred while the plaintiff, “Dori” Quevado, was a fourteen-year-old enrolled in a “trainable mentally retarded” class at a public junior high school in Miami. On March 8, 1972,…