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Proving emotional distress is challenging, but not impossible. Your medical records could serve as evidence of emotional distress if your doctor made a diagnosis of depression. Treatment for certain types of self-harm can also have documentation that would prove useful as evidence to present in your case.

Florida law requires that notices to and from a landlord must be in writing and must be either hand-delivered or mailed, even if the rental agreement is oral. You should always retain a copy of any correspondence to and from your landlord.

Generally, you can sue for emotional distress in Florida if you can prove that someone else's negligent actions caused your pain and suffering.

Landlords are no longer required to give a 60-day notice for rent increases of 5% or more. Landlords are no longer explicitly prohibited from discriminating against tenants based on their source of income. Landlords are no longer required to disclose a list of legal rights to applicants before they sign the lease.

There is no set amount of money you can recover in a settlement when suing for emotional distress in Florida. However, if your lawsuit is against a government entity or a medical malpractice claim, there is a cap on damages. The cap is $200,000 in the former situation and $500,000 in the latter.

LANDLORDS CANNOT JUST THROW YOU OUT. Florida law prohibits landlords from evicting tenants without going through the court system (self-help evictions). Your landlord can't evict you without a judge's order. And if the sheriff shows up to evict you, he also must have a court order.