UNDERSTANDING PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN FLORIDA CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS
Under limited circumstances, Florida allows injury victims to pursue punitive damages against those who caused their injury. Punitive damages differ from compensatory damages. While Compensatory damages seek to compensate an injury victim for the economic and non-economic damages they sustained, punitive damages are designed to punish egregious conduct or to deter others from acting the same way. Punitive damages may only be sought in special circumstances. PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN FLORIDA Florida Statute § 768.72 provides that “no claim for punitive damages shall be permitted” unless and until there is a reasonable showing by evidence which would provide a reasonable basis for such...
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