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Assignment of Liability in a Florida Personal Injury Case

Monday, January 26, 2009 by Ronald D. Rodman

Florida juries will frequently divide liability between 2 or more parties as they decide the outcome of a trial. Here is a typical Miami personal injury case demonstrating the liability. A roofing worker was on a demolition job where the roofing firm he worked for was working along side several other contractors. He was removing the old roof. Unfortunately, an employee of another contractor made a hole in the roof and put a plank over it without informing everyone who was actually working on the roof. The roofer fell through the hole and sustained severe injuries. This case went all the way to trial because the various parties could not settle on who was at fault and who would pay for the victims injuries. The Florida jury decided the injury amounts, but also that 70% of the amount would be paid by the realty company that owned the property and had paid the other contracting firms... 20 % would be paid by the roofers firm, and they assigned 10% of the liability to the roofer himself.

Posted at 12:44 PM

Topic: Personal Injury