BOULD v. TOUCHETTE

No. 48935.

349 So.2d 1181 (1977)

Dorthy BOULD and Edward Simonson, Jr., As Administrator of the Estates of Edward and Alice Simonson, Both Deceased, Petitioners, v. Mitchell C. TOUCHETTE, U.S. Concrete Pipe Company, a Florida Corporation, and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearings Denied September 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Perse of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Brumer, Moss, Cohen & Rodgers, Miami, for petitioners.

Michael B. Davis of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, West Palm Beach, for Mitchell C. Touchette, Richard A. Sherman of Wicker, Smith, Blomzvist, Davant, McMath, Tautan & O'Hara, Miami, for U.S. Concrete Pipe Company.

Sam Daniels, Miami, for Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.


ADKINS, Acting Chief Justice.

By petition for certiorari we have for review a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (Touchette v. Bould, 324 So.2d 707) which allegedly conflicts with decisions of this Court and the District Court of Appeal on the same point of law. The District Court held that punitive damages must bear some reasonable, albeit imprecise, relation to the actual, or

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