244 So. 2d 488 - Stecher v. Pomeroy’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “"The existence or amount of insurance coverage has no bearing on the issues of liability and damages [in an action seeking damages proximately caused by an insured's alleged negligence] and such evidence should not be considered by the jury. Beta Eta House Corporation, Inc. of Tallahassee v. Gregory, supra. How the trial court, in a negligence action of this type, can possibly prevent a mature and sophisticated jury from inferring the likely existence of liability insurance coverage, so long as the insurer is a party at trial, is beyond us. But to permit direct evidence on not only the existence of liability insurance coverage, but also the extent thereof, when neither matter is relevant to any issue then being tried, is clearly error. "The existence or amount of insurance coverage is no more relevant to the issues of liability and damages in a personal injury action of this type than would be the non-existence of such insurance coverage, or evidence bearing on the defendant's personal wealth or lack thereof."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 267 So. 2d 383 - Godshall v. Unigard Insurance Co. · 247 So. 2d 491 - Futch v. Josey