MARGIE THOMAS, APPELLANT,
v.
GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION OF FLORIDA, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1967-11-21
No. 67-88
Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and HENDRY, JJ.
204 So. 2d 222 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1967) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed upon the authority of the rule stated in Lindgren Plumbing Co. v. Doral Country Club, Inc., Fla.App.1967, 196 So.2d 242:

* * * It was within the discretion of the jury to refuse to allow punitive damages, or to allow them in such amount as they determined proper based on the evidence, and on the law as given them in charge by the court.”

See also Florida East Coast Ry. Co. v. McRoberts, 111 Fla. 278, 149 So. 631, 94 A.L.R. 376 (1933); Fisher v. City of Miami, Fla.App.1964, 160 So.2d 57.

Affirmed.


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