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477 So. 2d 1082

477 So.2d 1082

10 Fla.L.Weekly 2463

Hagen v. Brown

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 1, 1985

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1985-11-01

Decided 1985-11-01

SCHEB, Judge.

¶1In a non-jury trial, plaintiff, Duwayne C. Hagen, recovered $136,191.35 damages as a result of injuries he received in an automobile accident involving the defendant, Margaret Thomas Brown. Hagen appeals, contending the court erred in failing to award him damages for a portion of his claimed economic losses. We find no merit to his contention.

¶2Defendants cross-appeal and raise several issues. However, we find merit only to their contention that some amounts representing past losses were improperly included in the award for anticipated medical expenses.

¶3Of the total $136,191.35 damages awarded, $9,602 was allocated for future medical expenses. The record reveals that in arriving at this sum, the trial court improperly included $4,402.15 for past medical expenses and lost wages.

¶4Accordingly, we vacate $4,402.15 of the plaintiffs judgment; otherwise we affirm. We remand with directions that the trial court enter a revised judgment awarding plaintiff $131,789.20.

RYDER, C.J., and CAMPBELL, J., concur.
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