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Florida Statute 766.211 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 766.211 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 766.211 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
766.211 Payment of arbitration award; interest.
(1) Within 20 days after the determination of damages by the arbitration panel pursuant to s. 766.207, the defendant shall:
(a) Pay the arbitration award, including interest at the legal rate, to the claimant; or
(b) Submit any dispute among multiple defendants to arbitration pursuant to s. 766.208.
(2) Commencing 90 days after the award rendered in the arbitration procedure pursuant to s. 766.207, such award shall begin to accrue interest at the rate of 18 percent per year.
History.s. 58, ch. 88-1; s. 34, ch. 88-277.

Cases Citing F.S. 766.211

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·St. Mary's Hosp., Inc. v. Phillipe, 769 So. 2d 961 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 39 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 854258

...on award under the provisions of section 766.212(2) on the grounds that the failure to grant a stay would result in a manifest injustice. The Medical Malpractice Act establishes a scheme for the payment of an arbitration award. To that end, sections 766.211 and 766.212 provide as follows: 766.211....
...(2) No appeal shall operate to stay an arbitration award; nor shall any arbitration panel, arbitration panel member, or circuit court stay an arbitration award. The district court of appeal may order a stay to prevent manifest injustice, but no court shall abrogate the provisions of s. 766.211(2)....
...ed to carry out the terms of the arbitration award or allocation of financial responsibility. Such orders are enforceable by the contempt powers of the court; and execution will issue, upon the request of a party, for such judgments. As set forth in section 766.211(1), the defendant must pay the arbitration award to the claimant within twenty days of the final award of the arbitration panel. Under section 766.211(2), the award will accrue interest at a rate of eighteen percent beginning ninety days following the rendition of the award....
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·Univ. of Miami v. Echarte, 618 So. 2d 189 (Fla. 1993).

Cited 33 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1993 WL 152668

...percent of lost wages and earning capacity. The claimant's noneconomic damages [14] are "limited to a maximum of $250,000 per incident," and are "calculated on a percentage basis with respect to capacity to enjoy life." [15] § 766.207(7). Finally, section 766.211, Florida Statutes (Supp....
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