context: It was for the court to then apply that percentage to the total damages. Plainly, the jury's finding of zero dollars in damages resulting from Knowlton's death is drastically deficient.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 907 So.2d 1213, 1215
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that "where the evidence is undisputed or substantially undisputed that a plaintiff has experienced and will experience pain and suffering as a result of an accident, a zero award for pain and suffering is inadequate as a matter of law"
citation_a.sentence: See Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Merker, 907 So.2d 1213, 1215 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (noting that “where the evidence is undisputed or substantially undisputed that a plaintiff has experienced and will experience pain and suffering as a result of an accident, a zero award for pain and suffering is inadequate as a matter of law”); see also Westminster Cmty. Care Servs., Inc. v. Mikesell, 12 So.3d 838, 842 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) (holding “the damages award of zero dollars was clearly inadequate in light of the substantial evidence at trial of economic and noneconomic damages” resulting from husband’s wrongful death); Snoozy v. U.S. Gypsum Co., 695 So.2d 767, 768 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (holding zero-damages award inadequate because “substantial, undisputed, and un-rebutted testimony” showed that deceased father “had a close relationship with his children, and that [the children] suffered a great loss as a result of their father’s death”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 695 So.2d 767, 768
citation_b.parenthetical: holding zero-damages award inadequate because "substantial, undisputed, and un-rebutted testimony" showed that deceased father "had a close relationship with his children, and that [the children] suffered a great loss as a result of their father's death"
citation_b.sentence: See Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Merker, 907 So.2d 1213, 1215 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (noting that “where the evidence is undisputed or substantially undisputed that a plaintiff has experienced and will experience pain and suffering as a result of an accident, a zero award for pain and suffering is inadequate as a matter of law”); see also Westminster Cmty. Care Servs., Inc. v. Mikesell, 12 So.3d 838, 842 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) (holding “the damages award of zero dollars was clearly inadequate in light of the substantial evidence at trial of economic and noneconomic damages” resulting from husband’s wrongful death); Snoozy v. U.S. Gypsum Co., 695 So.2d 767, 768 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997) (holding zero-damages award inadequate because “substantial, undisputed, and un-rebutted testimony” showed that deceased father “had a close relationship with his children, and that [the children] suffered a great loss as a result of their father’s death”).