MARTIN v. ROACH

No. 84-463.

471 So.2d 69 (1985)

Thomas E. MARTIN, Peter Eberhardt, Orrie Overton, James Hegarty, Thomas Bell, James Udell, Eleanor Hope, Daniel Yearty, and Virginia Yearty, Appellants/Cross Appellees, v. William S. ROACH, Appellee/Cross Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Opinion Clarified and Rehearing Denied June 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Ferrin of Beverly & Freeman, West Palm Beach, for appellants/cross appellees.

John L. Bryan, Jr., of Scott, Royce, Harris & Bryan, P.A., Palm Beach, for appellee/cross appellant.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by a group of defendants against whom a total of $144,000 was awarded as compensatory and punitive damages. Appellants argue that the incident in question was light-hearted. The plaintiff/appellee characterizes the group's conduct as that of a mob.

The record sustains, in the view of the majority, a finding by the jury of the defendants' peers that they should be liable to the plaintiff/appellee for punitive damages based...

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