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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As you may know, a subcommittee of the Construction Law Committee is busy updating the Jury Instructions in Construction Cases chapter for
the upcoming Seventh Edition of the Florida Construction Law and Practice book published by LexisNexis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The subcommittee seeks your assistance in two ways.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Verdict forms<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If possible, we would like to prepare proposed verdict forms to complement the instructions; however, the time to do this is short and to accomplish
this we would need more help. The drafting work would need to be completed by the end of October. If you are willing to volunteer to help with this, please let us know. You would receive credit in the publication. You can use the form at the link below
or email me at <a href="mailto:hroberts@carltonfields.com">hroberts@carltonfields.com</a> (don’t reply to this email) to volunteer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Comments on Jury Instructions in Construction Cases<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you have comments on the prior instructions as published in the 6th Edition or comments in general regarding new developments that should
be considered in the next version of the instructions, the subcommittee wants your input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To share your comments or volunteer to help with verdict forms, please use the form at the following link:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGpDYk56TGlKN2hWZzFQWW1vVmRwS3c6MQ">
volunteer or comment</a> or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGpDYk56TGlKN2hWZzFQWW1vVmRwS3c6MQ">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGpDYk56TGlKN2hWZzFQWW1vVmRwS3c6MQ</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Time is short, so please try to provide your responses soon.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finally, while I would like to e-mail everyone a copy of the previously published jury instructions, I don’t think I'm allowed so you are on
your own. The form at the link, however, allows you to provide a general comment without reference to the 6<sup>th</sup> Edition’s section numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kindest regards, Hardy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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