OCEAN MILE GALLERIES v. HUGUENOR

No. 74-31.

305 So.2d 787 (1974)

OCEAN MILE GALLERIES, INC., and Joseph B. Sirgany, Jr., Appellants, v. Lloyd B. HUGUENOR, Jr., and Winifred B. Huguenor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Riddle, of Coleman, Leonard, Morrison & Riddle, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Frank E. Maloney, Jr., of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


DOWNEY, Judge.

The main thrust of this appeal is the award of punitive damages against appellants on a record virtually devoid of any proof of the appellants' financial resources. We held in International U. of Op. Eng., Local No. 675 v. Lassitter, Fla.App. 1974, 295 So.2d 634, that there must be sufficient proof of a defendant's financial resources so as to create a basis in the record for the jury to make an award of punitive...

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