Supreme Court of Florida
In Re Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases-Report No. 15-01
April 21, 2016192 So. 3d 1183
Summary
The court authorized a new standard jury instruction concerning failure to maintain evidence or keep a record and amendments to four existing civil jury instructions. The authorized instructions address adverse inferences and burden-shifting presumptions, medical negligence, contributing causes of damages, and reduction of future economic damages to present value. The court expressly stated that authorization for publication and use did not constitute an opinion on the instructions’ legal correctness or applicability.