JAMES F. BROWN, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Goble v. Frohman, 901 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 2005)
  …accepts a contractual fee in full satisfaction of a bill, “the original charge becomes irrelevant because it does not tend to prove that the claimant suffered any loss by reason of the charge.” Id. Similarly, in Cooperative Leasing, Inc. v. Johnson, 872 So. 2d 956 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), the Second District limited the plaintiffs award for past medical expenses to the amounts paid by Medicare because the plaintiff was never liable for the billed amounts that were written off by her medical-services providers purs…

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• MCI Worldcom Network Servs., Inc. v. Mastec, Inc., 995 So. 2d 221 (Fla. 2008)
  …whole to the extent that it is possible to measure such injury in monetary terms. See Mercury Motors Express, Inc. v. Smith, 393 So. 2d 545 (Fla.1981); Totale, Inc. v. Smith, 877 So. 2d 813 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Cooperative Leasing, Inc. v. Johnson, 872 So. 2d 956 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). A plaintiff, however, is not entitled to recover compensatory damages in excess of the amount which represents the loss actually inflicted by the action of the defendant. See 17 Fla. Jur.2d Damages §§ 3-7 (2004). Moreover, loss-…
• Johnson v. Coop. Leasing, Inc., 905 So. 2d 76 (Fla. 2005)
  …PER CURIAM. We initially accepted jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution, to review Cooperative Leasing, Inc. v. Johnson, 872 So. 2d 956 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), based on express and direct conflict with Respess v. Carter, 585 So. 2d 987 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). Upon further consideration, we have determined that we should exercise our discretion and discharge jurisdiction. Accordingly, this…

Authorities Cited

• Sammie Lee Harris v. State, 580 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)