(Top L-R) Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz, and Justices Charles T. Canady, John Couriel, (Bottom L-R)Jamie Grosshans, and Jorge Labarga. (Credit: Courtesy photo/J. Albert Diaz/ALM) (Clockwise, from top left) Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz and Justices Charles T. Canady, John Couriel, Jorge Labarga and Jamie Grosshans. (Credit: Courtesy photo/J. Albert Diaz/ALM)

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge in a wrongful-death action must use judicial discretion on whether a punitive damages award a jury returned is reasonable in comparison to both the compensatory damage award and the injury that the beneficiaries suffered.

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Michael A. Mora

Michael is the national cryptocurrency litigation reporter for Law.com, as well as an editor for ALM Global. He earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Reach him at [email protected].