25.077 Negligence case settlements and jury verdicts; case reporting.

25.077 Negligence case settlements and jury verdicts; case reporting.

Through the state’s uniform case reporting system, the clerk of court shall report to the Office of the State Courts Administrator, beginning in 2003, information from each settlement or jury verdict and final judgment in negligence cases as defined in s. 768.81(4), as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives deem necessary from time to time. The information shall include, but need not be limited to: the name of each plaintiff and defendant; the verdict; the percentage of fault of each; the amount of economic damages and noneconomic damages awarded to each plaintiff, identifying those damages that are to be paid jointly and severally and by which defendants; and the amount of any punitive damages to be paid by each defendant.

History. s. 10, ch. 99-225.