ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. MANASSE

No. 89366.

707 So.2d 1110 (1998)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Myrda MANASSE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele I. Nelson of Paxton, Crow, Bragg, Smith & Nelson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

James P. Cooksey of Cooksey & Cooksey, P.A., Riviera Beach, and K. Jack Breiden, Naples, for Respondent.

Roy D. Wasson and Barbara Green, Coral Gables, for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


SHAW, Justice.

We have for review a decision addressing the following questions certified to be of great public importance:

WHERE A JURY FINDS THAT A PLAINTIFF HAS SUSTAINED A PERMANENT INJURY AND AWARDS FUTURE MEDICAL EXPENSES, BUT AWARDS NO FUTURE INTANGIBLE DAMAGES, IS THE VERDICT INADEQUATE AS A MATTER OF LAW? IF SUCH A VERDICT REQUIRES A NEW TRIAL, MUST THE PLAINTIFF HAVE OBJECTED BEFORE THE DISCHARGE OF THE JURY?

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