DEPENDABLE LIFE INS. CO. v. HARRIS

No. 86-492.

510 So.2d 985 (1987)

DEPENDABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. John J. HARRIS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Gordon Blalock, of Blalock, Holbrook & Akel, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Stephen A. Hilger, of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Orlando, for appellee/cross-appellant.


SHARP, Judge.

Dependable Life Insurance Company appeals from a final judgment after a jury trial which awarded Harris a total of $15,607.79 (including prejudgment interest) in actual damages for failure to pay under a disability insurance policy, $47,585.00 in compensatory damages, and $95,170.00 in punitive damages for the tort of wrongful infliction of emotional distress. Dependable questions the actual damage award as containing overlapping or duplicative elements...

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