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768.77  Itemized verdict.--

(1)  In any action to which this part applies in which the trier of fact determines that liability exists on the part of the defendant, the trier of fact shall, as a part of the verdict, itemize the amounts to be awarded to the claimant into the following categories of damages:

(a)  Amounts intended to compensate the claimant for economic losses;

(b)  Amounts intended to compensate the claimant for noneconomic losses; and

(c)  Amounts awarded to the claimant for punitive damages, if applicable.

(2)  Each category of damages, other than punitive damages, shall be further itemized into amounts intended to compensate for losses which have been incurred prior to the verdict and into amounts intended to compensate for losses to be incurred in the future. Future damages itemized under paragraph (1)(a) shall be computed before and after reduction to present value. Damages itemized under paragraph (1)(b) or paragraph (1)(c) shall not be reduced to present value. In itemizing amounts intended to compensate for future losses, the trier of fact shall set forth the period of years over which such amounts are intended to provide compensation.

History.--s. 56, ch. 86-160.