PAHOKEE HOUSING v. SOUTH FLORIDA SANITATION

No. 85-153.

478 So.2d 1107 (1985)

PAHOKEE HOUSING AUTHORITY, INC., Appellant, v. SOUTH FLORIDA SANITATION COMPANY, Etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Stauder, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

William H. Pruitt of Pruitt & Pruitt, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


LETTS, Judge.

A trial judge awarded damages to a corporation for loss of profits, based in large measure upon the theory that the total overhead of the corporation was fixed and should not be considered in calculating the damages. We disagree and reverse.

This cause involves a dispute between the Pahokee Housing Authority and the holder of an exclusive garbage franchise from Palm Beach County for the area in which the Housing Authority held sway over 400 housing...

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