Stuart v. Hertz Corp. and Its New Jury Instruction: "Dump" the Case and "Clunker" that Old Rental Car
Roth, Larry
Abstract
The Florida Supreme Court has allowed new Standard Civil Jury Instructions ("SCJI") recommended by its Committee on Civil Jury Instructions. 2 In allowing these new instructions, however, the Court chose to not actually give its seal of approval to the Instructions set out in 501.5. 3 Thematically, these SCJI deal with the tort law concept of "Other Contributing Causes of Damages.