JEFFREY WILLIAMS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Liggett Grp. Inc. v. Howard A. Engle, M.D., 853 So. 2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003)
  …ve award is proper only if the plaintiff proves every element of liability on the underlying cause of action. See Ault v. Lohr, 538 So. 2d at 457 (Ehrlich, C.J., concurring).20 See also, Nat'l Air [*453] craft Services, Inc. v. Aeroserv Int’l, Inc., 544 So. 2d 1063, 1065 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)(a fraud plaintiff who fails to obtain compensatory damages has not proved all the elements of fraud and thus may not obtain punitive damages). Here, the plaintiffs sought punitive damages for fraud, concealment, and “intent…
• Jasma Corp. v. Cap. Bank, 644 So. 2d 515 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
  …constitute fraud, unless the bank intended not to perform the contract at the time it was entered. Rogers v. Mitzi, 584 So. 2d 1092 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991), review denied, 598 So. 2d 77 (Fla.1992); National Aircraft Servs., Inc. v. Aeroserv Int’l, Inc., 544 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). The record is devoid of evidence that Assalone had a present intent at the time he made these promises not to keep them. Ill Turning to the issue of punitive damages, the trial court incorrectly denied the bank’s motion for dir…
• Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. v. Coleman (Parent) Holdings Inc., 955 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …not actionable. Id.; Stokes v. Victory Land Co., 99 Fla. 795, 128 So. 408 (1930); Pryor v. Oak Ridge Dev. Corp., 97 Fla. 1085, 119 So. 326 (1928); Wheeler v. Baars, 33 Fla. 696, 15 So. 584 (1894); Nat’l Aircraft Servs., Inc. v. Aeroserv Int'l, Inc., 544 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Nat’l Equip. Rental, 362 So. 2d at 339. Thus, to prevail in an action for fraud, a plaintiff must prove its actual loss or injury from acting in reliance on the false representation.2 Even if CPH established the fact of some unq…

Authorities Cited

• State v. Cledius Orlando Jones, 530 So. 2d 53 (Fla. 1988)