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2011 Florida Statutes
TITLE XLV — TORTS
Chapter 768 — NEGLIGENCE
PART II — DAMAGES
768.725 — Punitive damages; burden of proof.
FL Stat § 768.725 (2002 through 2nd Reg Sess) What's This?
768.725 Punitive damages; burden of proof.—In all civil actions, the plaintiff must establish at trial, by clear and convincing evidence, its entitlement to an award of punitive damages. The greater weight of the evidence burden of proof applies to a determination of the amount of damages.
History.—s. 21, ch. 99-225.
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