JOSEPH SPRINGER, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Campbell v. Griffith, 971 So. 2d 232 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
  …ce pain and suffering as a result of an accident, a zero award for pain and suffering is inadequate as a matter of law”) (quoting Dolphin Cruise Line, Inc. v. Stassinopoulos, 731 So. 2d 708, 710 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)); cf. Allstate Indem. Co. v. Clark, 736 So. 2d 1, 2 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998) (holding that a verdict that fails to award noneconomic damages, despite awarding economic damages for injuries arising out of the accident, is “neither inconsistent nor inadequate unless the evidence of intangible damages is e…
• Garrett v. Miami Transfer Co., Inc., 964 So. 2d 286 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …J., dissenting) (noting that under the majority’s decision, an award of future palliative care does not require an award of future pain and suffering damages, even though such award indicates at least some future pain); Allstate Indem. Co. v. Clark, 736 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998) (where evidence was disputed as to need for future medical expenses and future pain and suffering, court did not abuse its discretion in denying motion for additur/new trial); Gebis v. Oaks Condo. Ass’n, 937 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 4th…
• Francis-Harbin v. Sensormatic Elecs., LLC, 254 So. 3d 523 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018)
  …rom the subject accident, a motion for new trial or additur, upon a verdict awarding damages for past medical expenses but no damages for past pain and suffering, is left to the broad discretion of the trial court). In Allstate Indem. Co. v. Clark, 736 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998), our sister court upheld a verdict in which the jury awarded damages for past medical expenses, but awarded no damages for future medical expenses, or for past or future pain and suffering. In affirming, the Second District noted:…

Authorities Cited

• Nordelo v. State, 603 So. 2d 36 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)
• Smart v. State, 652 So. 2d 448 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)
• Fraley v. State, 641 So. 2d 128 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)