IN RE INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE JAMES E. LEHAN-NO. 93-224

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• Fabre v. Marin, 623 So. 2d 1182 (Fla. 1993)
  …rt held that the defendant was responsible only for that portion of the noneconomic damages equivalent to the percentage of fault attributable to that defendant. In Dosdourian v. Carsten, 580 So. 2d 869 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), quashed on other grounds, 624 So. 2d 241 (Fla.1993), the Fourth District Court of Appeal adopted the Messmer interpretation of the statute. The doctrines of contributory negligence and joint and several liability have been part of our common law for many years. See Smith v. Department of…
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Boecher, 733 So. 2d 993 (Fla. 1999)
  …that justice requires.” Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(c). This Court has not .shrunk from condemning any practice that “undermines the integrity of the jury system which exists to fairly resolve actual disputes between our citizens.” Dosdourian v. Carsten, 624 So. 2d 241, 243 (Fla.1993); see also Government Employees Ins. Co. v. Krawzak, 675 So. 2d 115, 118 (Fla.1996). Only when all relevant facts are before the judge and jury can the “search for truth and justice” be accomplished. Dodson v. Persell, 390 So. 2d 704,…
• Gold, Vann & White, P.A. v. DeBERRY, 639 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)
  …y Carter” be [*53] cause we think it most closely resembles such an agreement, and to facilitate our discussion. . We note that the Florida Supreme Court has held that Mary Carter agreements are void as against public policy. Dosdourian v. Carsten, 624 So. 2d 241, 247-48 (Fla.1993). However, Dosdourian does not change our decision on this issue because the supreme court stated that its opinion is prospective and would not affect the legality of any agreements entered into prior to the opinion's date. Id. at…