When can you recover punitive damages in a car accident injury lawsuit?

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Punitive damages are very rarely recoverable in a Florida car accident case. When someone brings a Florida care accident lawsuit normally negligence is alleged for example, failing to pay sufficient attention, travelling at a speed which is excessive under the circumstances. We are rending you, where you alleged us negligence punitive damages are not recoverable. Punitive damages are recoverable only where there's intentional conduct or conduct which recklessly disregards the rights of others, so for example if two people decide to drag race and start going 90 miles per hour in a 30 mile an hour road way and then injure somebody yes there can be a good argument that punitive damages should be recoverable however please note that liability insurance of the person you sue will not cover any punitive coverage claim and that you will have to collect the punitive damages directly from the assets of the person, so they're rarely employed and rarely recoverable in Florida car crash cases however sometimes they are.