Ward v. Hillsborough County School Board

This is a personal injury suit arising from a collision between a vehicle operated by Mrs. Kim Ward and a county-owned school bus. The jury returned a verdict of $2,500 for Mrs. Ward and nothing for Mr. Ward on his loss of consortium claim.

Appellants (Mr. and Mrs. Ward) argue that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence the fact that Mrs. Ward’s medical bills had been paid by her insurance company, that the court improperly instructed the jury to deduct from its award the amount of those insurance payments, and that the court improperly declined a jury instruction that evidence of…