· 4/25/2002
ITT Hartford Ins. Co. of the SE v. Owens
Citations
- 816 So. 2d 572
- 2002 WL 716263
How courts have described this case
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- holding the relevant Florida statute requires a trial court to give the defendant the option of a new trial when additur is granted
- noting that “[t]he plaintiff’s future medical damages constitute a discrete item of recovery, separate from other damages,” and a new trial should be confined to them alone
- noting that “[t]he plaintiff’s future medical damages constitute a discrete item of recovery, separate from other damages,” and a new trial should be confined to them alone
- approving argument that new trial should be limited to contested damages, noting that “[t]he organic right to a jury trial extends only to a determination of contested issues involving the facts of a litigated case.”
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Judges: Lewis
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