WHITE CONST. CO., INC. v. DUPONT

No. AE-294.

430 So.2d 915 (1983)

WHITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. and Limerock Industries, Inc., Appellants, v. Nathaniel DUPONT and Janey B. Dupont, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic M. Caparello, H. Michael Madsen and Anne Longman of Messer, Rhodes, Vickers, Tallahassee, for appellants.

W. Dexter Douglass and Michael F. Coppins of Douglass, Davey, Cooper & Coppins, Tallahassee, for appellees.


ERVIN, Judge.

Appellants, White Construction Company, Inc. (White) and Limerock Industries, Inc. (Limerock) appeal a jury verdict awarding $5,550,000.00 in compensatory and punitive damages to appellees, Nathaniel and Janey Dupont, in an action for personal injuries and loss of consortium. Of the five points raised on appeal, we find merit only with point two, challenging the award of $1,025,000.00 to Janey Dupont, Nathaniel's wife, for loss of consortium as excessive...

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