RICCI v. THOMPSON

No. 88-03191.

548 So.2d 1154 (1989)

Michael RICCI and Elizabeth Ricci, Appellants, v. Ivan Glenn THOMPSON, Alice Back, Rudolph W. Back and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.V. Smith, III of Donald E. Pervis & Associates, P.A., Bradenton, for appellants.

Claire L. Hamner of Dickinson, O'Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellee Thompson.

Patricia D. Prouty of Price & Price, Chartered, Bradenton, for appellees Back.


THREADGILL, Judge.

Michael and Elizabeth Ricci, plaintiffs in an automobile negligence action, appeal various rulings of the trial court issued before and during the jury trial. We find that the court erred in dismissing the claim for punitive damages against Appellee Ivan Glenn Thompson, the driver of the other automobile, and remand for a new trial on this issue.

On October 1, 1981, Thompson, while driving a 1971 Chevrolet owned by Appellees Rudolph and...

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