Jurisdiction Intelligence Report
Product Liability Case Values in Florida (2026)
Data-driven verdict and settlement analysis for Product Liability cases in Florida. Median outcome: $173.8M across 2 tracked cases.
Verdicts Tracked
2
Median Outcome
$173.8M
Mean Outcome
$173.8M
Range
$104.6M–$243.0M
Verdict Distribution
| Range | Cases | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| $5M+ | 2 | 100% |
Key Valuation Factors
Severity and permanence of plaintiff injuries or wrongful deathDefendant's corporate size and pre-incident knowledge of defectAvailability and magnitude of punitive damagesDegree of plaintiff comparative fault under pure comparative negligence rulesQuality and credibility of expert engineering and safety testimony
Key Trends & Insights
Florida Product Liability cases in this dataset reflect extraordinarily high verdict values, with a median and mean outcome of $173.8M across two tracked cases from 2024-2025, suggesting that recent juries are willing to impose substantial verdicts against major automotive manufacturers. Both cases involved vehicle defects resulting in serious injuries or death, indicating that catastrophic harm cases against well-capitalized defendants are driving outsized outcomes in this jurisdiction. Despite Florida's pure comparative negligence framework and a $500,000 non-economic damages cap for some defendants, punitive damages appear to be a significant driver of total award values in these high-profile product defect matters.
Notable Cases
Estate of Naibel Benavides Leon and Dillon Angulo v. Tesla
$243.0M
The case arose from a 2019 Tesla Model S crash while Autopilot was engaged that struck a parked vehicle, resulting in one death and serious injuries to another person. The source reports a jury award totaling $243M, including $200M punitive damages.
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Hetsler, et al. v. Ford Motor Co., et al.
$104.6M
TopVerdict lists this as a personal-injury/product-liability case including burn injury, amputation, and design-defect/strict-liability theories. The list entry provides the amount, state, and attorney names but not a specific court.
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