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ALEXANDER v. ALTERMAN TRANSP. LINES, INC.

No. EE-43.

350 So.2d 1128 (1977)

Hooper ALEXANDER, III, As Administrator of the Estate of Margaret M. Alexander, Deceased, Petitioner, v. ALTERMAN TRANSPORT LINES, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Charles E. Penley, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Farish, Jr., and Alice Cortina Post of Farish & Farish, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

E. Harper Field and Helen C. Ellis of Keen, O'Kelley & Spitz, Tallahassee, for respondents.

RAWLS, Judge.

With the assistance of this court, petitioner-plaintiff has encountered considerable difficulty in sustaining his allegation seeking to recover punitive damages. For the reasons stated therein, we granted certiorari in a prior consideration of petitioner's complaint1 and held that "[t]he bare allegations of gross negligence on the part of an employee in operating an employer's motor vehicle are not sufficient to sustain a...

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