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ADAMS v. BRANNAN

Nos. 85-1944, 85-1980.

500 So.2d 236 (1986)

William ADAMS and Dorothy Adams, His Wife and Thomas Shelton and Elizabeth Shelton, His Wife, Appellants, v. Sylvia Armstrong BRANNAN and Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York, a New Hampshire Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Hunter, Angones, Adams, Adams & McClure and Christopher Lynch, Miami for appellants.

Richard A. Sherman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and JORGENSON, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The question in this case is whether punitive damages assessed against an uninsured motorist in a Florida trial arising out of a Florida accident are recoverable under an uninsured motorist policy purchased and issued in North Carolina.1 The trial court applied the Florida rule precluding coverage for punitive damages under a liability policy, Northwestern National Casualty Co. v. McNulty,

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