Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 142
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Simmons moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 77
    4  and insert:
    5         between or among them. The court or other tribunal shall
    6  consider, and the jury shall be instructed by the trial judge
    7  on, the apportionment of fault in products liability actions
    8  where there are allegations that the injuries received by the
    9  claimant in an accident were greater than the injuries the
   10  claimant would have received but for the defective product,
   11  including the distinction between causation of the injury and
   12  causation of an increase in the severity of the injury. The
   13  rules of evidence apply to these actions.
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16         And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Between lines 11 and 12
   18  insert:
   19         requiring certain jury instructions on the
   20         apportionment of fault in products liability actions;
   21         requiring the rules of evidence to apply to product
   22         liability actions;