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JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. ZALAY

No. 87-187.

522 So.2d 944 (1988)

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, and Edward R. Dooley, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Clifford I. ZALAY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., and Charles P. Schropp of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P.A., Tampa, for appellant/cross-appellee John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

William H. Walker, St. Petersburg, for appellant/cross-appellee Edward R. Dooley.

Elihu H. Berman of Krug, Berman & Silverman, P.A., for appellee/cross-appellant.

THREADGILL, Judge.

We reverse the judgment for punitive and compensatory damages entered in favor of Clifford Zalay (Zalay), the plaintiff, and against the defendants, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (John Hancock) and Edward Dooley (Dooley). Despite having directed a verdict in favor of John Hancock on the issue of respondeat superior, the trial court reversed this ruling after the defense case had been substantially presented, and allowed the jury to...

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