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SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO. v. HANFT

No. 61224.

436 So.2d 40 (1983)

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Donald HANFT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana G. Bradford II of Gallagher, Baumer, Mikals & Bradford, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse and Ginsberg, Miami, and Krongold & Bass, Coral Gables, for respondent.

BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before the Court on petition for review of a decision of a district court of appeal, Hanft v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 402 So.2d 453 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). On the question of whether punitive damages may be awarded for the grossly negligent breach of a contractual duty, the decision below is in conflict with Carter v. Lake Wales Hospital Association, 213...

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