BUCHOLC v. KENT

No. 94-3506.

666 So.2d 275 (1996)

Bernard J. BUCHOLC, Appellant, v. Farah KENT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Wiitala and Cynthia A. Rudy of Wiitala & Contole, P.A., North Palm Beach, for appellant.

Mai-Ling E. Castillo of the Law Offices of Adams & Adams, Miami, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse and remand this case for a new trial on damages (liability was admitted), because the trial court erroneously instructed the jury that it would have to find a permanent injury in order for plaintiff to be able to recover future economic damages. Although that instruction conformed to the law at that time in this district,1 the Florida Supreme Court subsequently held to the contrary in Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Tompkins...

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