Legal Opinion
Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Tompkins
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 2, 1995No. 82991PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
651 So.2d 89 (1995)
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
Michael TOMPKINS, Respondent.
No. 82991.
Supreme Court of Florida.
February 2, 1995.
Curtright C. Truitt of Tew & Truitt, P.A., Fort Myers, for petitioner.
Terry S. Nelson and Jay Cooper of Goldberg, Goldstein & Buckley, P.A., Fort Myers, for respondent.
OVERTON, Justice.
We have for review Tompkins v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., 627 So.2d 1236 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993), in which the Second District Court held that the trial court erroneously instructed the jury that the respondent Tompkins must have suffered a "permanent injury" to recover…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fazzolari v. City of West Palm BeachDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
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