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TALLAHASSEE FURNITURE CO., INC. v. HARRISON

No. 89-2163.

583 So.2d 744 (1991)

TALLAHASSEE FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. Elizabeth Holland HARRISON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Scott Cox of Messer, Vickers, Caparello, French & Madsen, P.A., and David H. Burns of Huey, Guilday, Kuersteiner & Tucker, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellant.

W. Dexter Douglass and John C. Cooper of Douglass, Cooper, Coppins & Powell, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Richard M. Davis, Sr. Vice President and Gen. Counsel of Associated Industries, Inc., Tallahassee, for amici curiae/Associated Industries of Florida, Inc., Florida Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Florida Retail Federation, Inc., Florida Ass'n of Ins. Agents, Inc., Nat. Federation of Independent Business, Inc., and Florida Movers & Warehousemen's Ass'n, Inc.

SMITH, Judge.

Appellant, Tallahassee Furniture Company, Inc., appeals from a jury verdict finding it liable for personal injuries suffered by the appellee, Elizabeth Holland Harrison, and awarding compensatory and punitive damages. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

On January 1, 1986, Harrison was brutally attacked in her home by John Allen Turner, a furniture deliveryman employed by Tallahassee Furniture. The attack left Harrison with permanent...

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