Legal Opinion

Briois v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 6, 2002No. 3D00-1984Published

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The issues raised on this appeal by the plaintiff from an allegedly insufficient judgment in a personal injury action all stem from the fact that, in accordance with the trial judge’s apparently unwavering personal policy to do so in every case, the issues of Lability and damages were bifurcated for trial. As in Casabona v. SCI Funeral Servs., Inc., 802 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001), however, the application of this rule, as highly dubious as it certainly is, did not result in any cognizable harm to the plaintiff-appellant.1 Since this is true, *721and even though the effect…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. JordanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. Salzverg v. SalzvergDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Casabona v. SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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