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· 10/23/1996

Tobias v. Osorio

Citations

  • 681 So. 2d 905
  • 1996 WL 604177

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that under the wrongful death statute, “net accumulations” is the part of the decedent’s expected income which the decedent probably would have retained as savings
  • explaining that under the wrongful death statute, \net accumulations\ is the part of the decedent's expected income which the decedent probably would have retained as savings
  • stating that in order for a lounge serving alcohol to be entitled to a jury instruction on the statutory defense in section 562.11(1)(b), it must have raised the defense in a responsive pleading
  • award of $150,000 for net accumulations was an abuse of jurors' discretion; although there was evidence as to where the decedent worked, there was no evidence of the decedent's salary or how much the decedent might have saved throughout his normal life expectancy

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Judges: Per Curiam

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