LUCRETIA MEERDINK, A WIDOW,

v.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

Citator

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• ST. John v. Coisman, 799 So. 2d 1110 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
  …674 (2001). . See Aircraft Service International Inc. v. Jackson, 768 So. 2d 1094 (Fla 3d DCA 1995). . Nello L. Teer Co. v. Hollywood Golf Estates, Inc., 324 F. 2d 669 (5th Cir.1963)(Florida); Florida Public Utilities Co. v. Wester, 150 Fla. 378, 7 So. 2d 788 (1942). Floridians also have substantive rights to be free from excess punishment under article I, section 17, Florida Constitution. Preston v. City of Ft. Pierce, 637 So. 2d 326, 329 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). Generally, a verdict for punitive damages is…
• Reynolds v. Towne Mgmt. OF Fla., Inc., 426 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983)
  …testimony because where personal effects have been destroyed the court must apply a test that will allow such evidence of value as will enable a jury to reasonably compensate the person wronged. Florida Public Utilities Co. v. Wester, 150 Fla. 378, 7 So. 2d 788 (1942). Moreover, since the property was discarded by defendant no expert testimony was available, and it is doubtful that any additional evidence of value could be offered if a new trial were held. Finally, we do not feel it necessary to discuss t…
• Christopher Advertising Grp., Inc. v. R & B Holding Co., Inc., 883 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004)
  …asonably compensate the person wronged rather than one that makes it impossible to do so. The principle of res ipsa loquitur may be used to aid the result even though not technically applicable. Florida Public Utilities Co. v. Wester, 150 Fla. 378, 7 So. 2d 788, 790 (1942) (emphasis added). B. Special rules apply where the property converted has great value to the owner but little or no value to anyone else. The Restatement has addressed the issue as follows: e. Peculiar value to the owner. The phrase “…