Firmani v. Grant

Victor W. and Vanda Firmani have appealed a final judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Susan C. Grant, plaintiff below, in an automobile negligence case. The issue on appeal is whether the lower court erred in refusing to include on the verdict form an interrogatory to determine whether the plaintiff met the “permanent injury” threshold of Florida’s no-fault law. § 627.737(2), Fla. Stat. (1995). The question of permanency was an issue in the case.

It is clear that the trial court possesses exceptionally broad discretion in deciding whether to include an interrogatory in the verdict…