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LEON COUNTY HUMANE SOC., INC. v. DeGROAT

No. AO-433.

439 So.2d 949 (1983)

LEON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, INC., and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, Appellants, v. Susan DeGROAT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Jones, David W. Spicer, and Robert S. Cohen of McFarlain, Bobo, Sternstein, Wiley & Cassedy, and Guyte P. McCord, III, of MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tallahassee, for appellant Leon County Humane Society.

Jeffrey C. Bassett of Barron, Redding, Boggs, Hughes, Fite & Bassett, Panama City, for appellant Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

Frank J. Santry of Field, Granger, Santry & Mitchell, Tallahassee, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Judge.

Leon County Humane Society, Inc. (the Society) and The Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (Hartford) appeal a final judgment awarding appellee DeGroat $5,400 compensatory damages and $25,000 punitive damages. The Society and Hartford do not question the propriety of the compensatory damage award, but do question the punitive damage award. We find that, as a matter of law, the evidence did not support a claim for punitive damages and that the...

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