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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
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F.S. 768.725
768.725 Punitive damages; burden of proof.In all civil actions, the plaintiff must establish at trial, by clear and convincing evidence, its entitlement to an award of punitive damages. The “greater weight of the evidence” burden of proof applies to a determination of the amount of damages.
History.s. 21, ch. 99-225.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.725
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EVENT DEPOT CORP. v. FRANK a, 269 So. 3d 559 (Fla. App. Ct. 2019)

. . . It also enacted sections 768.725, .735, .736, and .737, Florida Statutes. Ch. 99-225, Laws of Fla. . . . Relevant here, section 768.725 was enacted to "provid[e] for evidentiary standards for an award of punitive . . .

BAILEY, LLC LLC LLC v. S. ST. LOUIS, D. O. W. M. D. EFO L. P. EFO LLC LLC LLC LLC EFO LP,, 196 So. 3d 375 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . . § 768.725. . . .

L. BROWN L. J. v. JOHNSON JOHNSON, PPC, a PPC, a PPC,, 64 F. Supp. 3d 717 (E.D. Pa. 2014)

. . . . § 768.725 (limiting recovery for punitive damages), and N.J. Stat. . . .

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. v. J. PHILLIPS, J. R. L. J. K., 110 So. 3d 908 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2011)

. . . provides, “Where punitive damages are available as a remedy in an arbitration proceeding, ss. 768.72, 768.725 . . .

In STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES- REPORT NO. In No. In No. In No. In No. s In No. In No. In No. In No., 35 So. 3d 666 (Fla. 2010)

. . . The committee has assumed that the clear and convincing evidence burden of proof provided in F.S. 768.725 . . .

MORGAN STANLEY CO. INCORPORATED, v. COLEMAN PARENT HOLDINGS INC., 955 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . See § 768.725, Fla. . . .

MARTIN DAYTONA CORPORATION, v. STRICKLAND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,, 941 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . the Legislature enacted section 768.737 Florida Statutes (1999), which provides that sections 768.72, 768.725 . . .

POZZI WINDOW COMPANY, v. AUTO- OWNERS INSURANCE, v., 446 F.3d 1178 (11th Cir. 2006)

. . . . § 768.725 (emphasis added). . . .

ESTATE OF DESPAIN, v. AVANTE GROUP, INC., 900 So. 2d 637 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . enacted as part of the 1999 Tort Reform Act, provides that the provisions of section 768.72(2)-(4), 768.725 . . .

POZZI WINDOW COMPANY, v. AUTO- OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY,, 429 F. Supp. 2d 1311 (S.D. Fla. 2004)

. . . . § 768.725. . . .

WHITE, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY CO., 364 F.3d 789 (6th Cir. 2004)

. . . . § 768.725 (2004) (clear and convincing evidence). Georgia Ga. . . .

In M. B. HAYES, INC. M. B. v., 305 B.R. 361 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . . § 768.725. . . .

STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CIVIL CASES NO., 849 So. 2d 1083 (Fla. 2003)

. . . assumed that the clear and convincing evidence burden of proof provided in Florida Statutes section 768.725 . . .

M. MATALON, v. G. LEE,, 847 So. 2d 1077 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . See §§ 768.72, 768.725, 768.73, 768.736, Fla. Stat. (1999). . . .