JOHN BROWN AUTOMATION, INC. v. NOBLES

No. 87-3255.

537 So.2d 614 (1988)

JOHN BROWN AUTOMATION, INC., Previously Known As Wickman Machine Tools, Inc., Wickman Automatic Lathes, Limited, and John Brown, Plc, Appellants, v. Lewis J. NOBLES, Jr., d/b/a Nobles Packing Company and McHan Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Clarkson of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, and Ned N. Julian, Jr., of Stenstrom, McIntosh, Julian, Colbert & Whigham, P.A., Sanford, for appellants.

James E. Thompson, G. Donovan Conwell, Jr., and Chris W. Altenbernd of Fowler, White Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellees.


FRANK, Judge.

This case arises from the appellants' failure to deliver in a timely fashion three machines and appropriate tooling capable of manufacturing collet nuts. The trial resulted in an extraordinary $6,000,000 punitive damage award to the appellees, together with compensatory damages totalling $2,200,000. The appellants have sought review of the judgments entered upon the jury verdicts. We reverse.

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