O'LOUGHLIN v. COMO OIL CO., INC.

No. 81-1749.

434 So.2d 367 (1983)

Celestine O'LOUGHLIN, Appellant, v. COMO OIL COMPANY, INC., Vincent Spiteri and Federated Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin S. Schulman of Law Office of Roy W. Allman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Samuel Tyler Hill of Hill & Neale, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


WALDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal in a negligence action from a directed verdict entered in favor of the defendants and against the plaintiff, Celestine O'Loughlin, on the issue of punitive damages. We reverse.

Plaintiff was working on the premises of a marina when Como Oil Company's gasoline truck, operated by Como's driver, Vincent Spiteri, came to deliver gasoline into the marina's underground tanks. During the course of filling the tanks by Spiteri there...

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