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BYRD v. LOHR

No. 85-297.

488 So.2d 138 (1986)

Hattie Mae BYRD, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. James J. LOHR, As Personal Representative of the Estate of John Robert Lohr, Deceased; and Sentry Indemnity Company, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia K. Lippincott, P.A., Orlando, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Heidi M. Tauscher, of Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., and Richard A. Sherman, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellees/cross-appellants.

COBB, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Hattie Mae Byrd, plaintiff below, appeals the order of the trial court granting, in the alternative, a remittitur or new trial in respect to a punitive damage award against the estate of John Robert Lohr, a deceased tortfeasor. The estate has cross-appealed, contending the trial court should have granted its motion for a directed verdict on the issue of punitive damages.

Byrd sued the estate of John Robert Lohr for compensatory...

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