Legal Opinion
Standard Jury Instructions—Civil Cases—No. 96-1
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 13, 1997No. 88438PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (the Committee) recommends that The Florida Bar be authorized to publish as additions to Florida Standard Jury Instructions (Civil) the following: (1) an addition to instruction 1.1 (Preliminary Instruction) for use in all cases in which the issues are bifurcated for trial; and (2) a new instruction entitled “PD, Punitive Damages,” including a model verdict form for use in bifurcated punitive damages cases and a model verdict form for use in nonbifurcated punitive damages cases.
The Committee offers these…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. McCarsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Wackenhut Corp. v. CantySupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Mercury Motors Exp., Inc. v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- First Interstate Dev. Corp. v. AblanedoSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Bankers Multiple Line Ins. Co. v. FarishSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Herrera v. CA Seguros CatatumboDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
- Short v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- Standard Jury Instructions-Civil Cases (No. 97-2)Supreme Court of Florida · 1998