Florida Statute 768.737 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 768
NEGLIGENCE

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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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 768.737

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 768.737

Total Results: 2

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Phillips

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 110 So. 3d 908, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18182, 2011 WL 5555691

Snippet: that the legislature’s 1999 enactment of section 768.737, subsequent to the Miele decision, made clear its…well as proceedings before the courts. Section 768.737 provides, “Where punitive damages are available… agree, however, that the enactment of section 768.737 represented a complete repudiation of Miele and….2d 800, 801-02 (Fla.1992). We consider section 768.737 to have been a legislative clarification of the

Martin Daytona v. Strickland Const. Serv.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-11-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 941 So. 2d 1220

Snippet: decision in Miele, the Legislature enacted section 768.737 Florida Statutes (1999), which provides that sections…that the Legislature's enactment of section 768.737 indicates that the Legislature has a different …section 768.73. We believe that enactment of section 768.737, in light of the decision in Miele, militates in