ABRAHAM USED CAR CO. v. SILVA

No. 67-69.

208 So.2d 500 (1968)

ABRAHAM USED CAR CO., a Florida Corporation, and Joseph Abraham Ford Company, a Florida Corporation, Appellants, v. Julia SILVA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lurie & Capuano, Richard M. Gale, Miami, for appellants.

Harold Ungerleider, Miami Beach, Joe N. Unger, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and SWANN, JJ.


PEARSON, Judge.

The appellants, as defendants in the trial court, suffered an adverse jury verdict for $5,000 compensatory damage and $35,000 punitive damage in an action brought by the appellee for "slander and intentional causing of severe emotional distress."

The factual basis for the jury verdict was as follows: Appellee went to a used car lot in Miami to purchase an automobile. On March 21 she deposited $25.00 toward the purchase of a Cadillac automobile...

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