GLENDA LOUISE CARTER, PETITIONER,

v.

LARRY J. CARTER, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Lohr v. Hattie Mae Byrd, 522 So. 2d 845 (Fla. 1988)
  …below, two other district courts of appeal have also squarely ruled the same way. Stephens v. Rohde, 478 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), review denied, 488 So. 2d 832 (Fla.1986); Johnson v. Rinesmith, 238 So. 2d 659 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969), cert. denied, 241 So. 2d 857 (Fla.1970). The majority of other jurisdictions do not permit the recovery of punitive damages upon the death of the tortfeasor. However, most of them have done so on the basis of a statute which explicitly precludes such recovery or on premises whi…
• Hattie Mae Byrd v. Lohr, 488 So. 2d 138 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986)
  …ere are only three Florida cases touching on this subject: Atlas Properties, Inc. v. Didich, 226 So. 2d 684 (Fla.1969); Stephens v. Rohde, 478 So. 2d 862 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); and Johnson v. Rinesmith, 238 So. 2d 659 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969), cert. denied, 241 So. 2d 857 (Fla.1970). Atlas Properties concerned a deceased claimant, but Johnson and Stephens are directly in point. In Stephens, the plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident caused by Rohde. Rohde subsequently died of causes unrelated to the acciden…

Authorities Cited

• Carter v. Carter, 238 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970)