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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