LUNDQUIST v. ALEWINE

No. 79-712/T4-472.

397 So.2d 1148 (1981)

Robert W. LUNDQUIST and K & L Contractors, Inc., et al, Appellants, v. Edgar Lurie ALEWINE et al, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.C. Airth, Jr., of Fowler, Williams & Airth, P.A., Orlando, for appellants.

William R. Herrman of Malone & Harrison, Orlando, for appellees.


ORFINGER, Judge.

Appellants were defendants in a slander action which resulted in a jury award against them. They contend that the trial court erred in not granting their motion for directed verdict, or alternatively, in denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict. Further, the corporate defendant contends that an award of punitive damages against it is unwarranted when there was no award of compensatory damages.

Appellee sued appellant K &...

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