Wrongful Death Cases in Florida and Damages

You should know that in wrongful death cases, the element of damages are very important or is very important.

Wrongful death cases in Florida and damages. An important appellate decision regarding an arbitration proceeding. Are you involved in a wrongful death case were the estate of a decedent brings a cause of action or a lawsuit or a wrongful death case against a defendant or somebody who may have led to the demise of somebody who is now deceased? If you are, you should know that in wrongful death cases, the element of damages are very important or is very important. You are sometimes permitted to receive economic damages as well as non-economic damages and understanding how you can recover or may recover for loss of companionship. Those are all very important topics. Many times, damages are proven by expert testimony as well as by factual testimony depending on the particular case. To learn more about this consider reading a very recent 4th District Court of Appeal appellate opinion on economic and non-economic damages in a wrongful death lawsuit. The case is Plantation General Hospital Limited Partnership vs. Division of Administrative Hearings and Bernard Belzi. The personal representative of the estate of Patricia Belzi. This is an April 4th 2018 case from Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal. You can read this opinion free of charge by going to 4th District Court of Appeal, clicking on opinions and scrolling down to the date and the name of the parties.