AMERICAN CYANAMID CO. v. ROY

No. 67124.

498 So.2d 859 (1986)

AMERICAN CYANAMID CO., Petitioner, v. Lester K. ROY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Regensdorf of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Don Lacy, Tallahassee, and Earle Lee Butler of Butler & Pettit, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent.

James E. Tribble of Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl, Miami, amicus curiae for Florida Defense Lawyers Assn.

Edward T. O'Donnell of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, and David G. Owen, Columbia, S.C., amicus curiae for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

C. Rufus Pennington, III of Margol, Fryefield & Pennington, Jacksonville, amicus curiae for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Rodney L. Tennyson, West Palm Beach, amicus curiae for The Florida Consumers Federation.


ADKINS, Justice.

In American Cyanamid Co. v. Roy, 466 So.2d 1079 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984), the district court upheld the jury's verdict awarding plaintiff Roy punitive damages against defendant American Cyanamid Company (Cyanamid). We find conflict with our decision of White Construction Co., Inc. v. Dupont, 455 So.2d 1026 (Fla. 1984), and so exercise our jurisdiction under article V...

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