PANTRY PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION, AND MYRON BIMONTE, APPELLANTS,
v.
JOHN VELAZQUEZ, APPELLEE
PANTRY PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC., A FOREIGN CORPORATION, AND MYRON BIMONTE, APPELLANTS,
JOHN VELAZQUEZ, APPELLEE
503 So. 2d 429
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1987)
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the judgment for compensatory damages. See Ferguson v. Seaboard Air Line R.R., 400 F. 2d 473, 475 (5th Cir.1968) (“Florida adheres to the ‘election of remedy’ theory”). We reverse the award of punitive damages, however, upon a holding that the evidence taken in the light most favorable to Velazquez is, nevertheless, insufficient to establish the necessary willful and wanton misconduct required by law. See White Constr. Co. v. Dupont, 455 So. 2d 1026 (Fla.1984); Ten Assocs. v. Brunson, 492 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
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Citator
Authorities Cited
- White Constr. Co., Inc. v. Dupont, 455 So. 2d 1026 (Fla. 1984)
- Ferguson v. Seaboard AIR Line R.R. Co., 400 F.2d 473 (5th Cir. 1968)
- TEN Assocs. & Highlands Ins. Co. v. Brunson, 492 So. 2d 1149 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986)