Home
Menu
Call attorney Graham Syfert at 904-383-7448
Personal Injury Lawyer
Florida Statute 768.737 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
F.S. 768.737 Case Law from Google Scholar
Statute is currently reporting as:
Link to State of Florida Official Statute Google Search for Amendments to 768.737

The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLV
TORTS
Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE
View Entire Chapter
F.S. 768.737
768.737 Punitive damages; application in arbitration.Where punitive damages are available as a remedy in an arbitration proceeding, ss. 768.72, 768.725, and 768.73 apply. When an award of punitive damages is made in an arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator who renders the award must issue a written opinion setting forth the conduct which gave rise to the award and how the arbitrator applied the standards in s. 768.72 to such conduct.
History.s. 26, ch. 99-225.

F.S. 768.737 on Google Scholar

F.S. 768.737 on Casetext

Amendments to 768.737


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.737
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 768.737.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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

. . . The Fifth District reasoned that the legislature’s 1999 enactment of section 768.737, subsequent to the . . . Section 768.737 provides, “Where punitive damages are available as a remedy in an arbitration proceeding . . . We cannot agree, however, that the enactment of section 768.737 represented a complete repudiation of . . . We consider section 768.737 to have been a legislative clarification of the punitive damages provision . . .

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

. . . Subsequent to the decision in Miele, the Legislature enacted section 768.737 Florida Statutes (1999), . . . It is clear that the Legislature’s enactment of section 768.737 indicates that the Legislature has a . . . We believe that enactment of section 768.737, in light of the decision in Miele, militates in favor of . . .

In ROLLINS, INC. BLACK,, 552 F. Supp. 2d 1318 (M.D. Fla. 2004)

. . . The Panel does not mention those claims and instead cites to Florida Statutes § 768.737, which requires . . .

SHIELDS COMPANY, s v. G. BRIGHT, s, 254 F. Supp. 2d 1253 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

. . . Respondents further argue that Florida Statute 768.737 became effective after the last transaction in . . .