Lawn ex rel. Lawn v. Wasserman

Plaintiff-appellants, the Lawns, appeal from a jury verdict entered in a trial as to damages only, based upon the opening of a default judgment ordered by this court in Lawn v. Wasserman, Fla.App.1969, 226 So.2d 261.

During a reported conference as to proposed jury instructions, the trial judge stated: “The objections are noted. The court will instruct on any loss of ability to earn money in the future.” The requested Florida Standard Jury Instruction § 6.2 was not actually given.

Our sister appellate courts have passed upon the failure of a trial judge to give a requested charge as to loss of…