WACKENHUT CORP. v. MAIMONE

Nos. 79-2419, 79-2599.

389 So.2d 656 (1980)

WACKENHUT Corporation, Appellant, v. Joseph F. MAIMONE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H.W. Maloy of Richard H.W. Maloy & Associates, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.

Hal P. Dekle and Joseph Nazzaro, Tampa, for appellee.


LETTS, Chief Judge.

Involved here is an appeal from a jury verdict predicated on tortious interference with a contractual or business relationship. The jury awarded $90,000 in compensatory damages, and punitive damages in the sum of $150,000 based on civil conspiracy. We reverse, holding that the judge should have directed a verdict in favor of the defendant.

The essential facts are that the guard who successfully obtained the jury awards was employed by Wackenhut...

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