ROBIN DENISE BALL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Carnival Corp. v. Iscoa, 922 So. 2d 359 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)
  …itive damages because a “plaintiff in a shareholder’s derivative action against officers and directors of corporation cannot recover punitive damages in the absence of any statutory authority”); McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. v. Hollfelder, 771 So. 2d 585, 586 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (granting certiorari and quashing an order denying a motion to strike a punitive damages claim because punitive damages are not available in shareholder derivative actions); Ortega v. Silva, 712 So. 2d 1148, 1149 (Fla. 4th D…
• Chemplex Florida and Monte Solazzi v. Norelli, 790 So. 2d 547 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
  …equitable action, plaintiffs’ demand for relief as to punitive damages runs counter to the traditional view that equity will not award punitive damages unless authorized by statute.”). See also McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, L.L.P. v. Hollfelder, 771 So. 2d 585, 586-87 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)(“[W]e find that Lawman is still a correct statement of the law with regard to the award of punitive damages in a shareholder’s derivative action.”). Sections 768.72 and 768.73, Florida Statutes, relied upon by the Norel-l…

Authorities Cited

• Pease v. State, 712 So. 2d 374 (Fla. 1997)
• Paulk v. State, 765 So. 2d 147 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)