PIER 66 CO. v. POULOS

Nos. 87-1050, 87-1134.

542 So.2d 377 (1989)

PIER 66 COMPANY, Clive Chu, Arthur Shad, and Patrick Blangy, Appellants, v. Jean POULOS and Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellees. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jean POULOS, Pier 66 Company, Patrick Blangy, Clive Chu, Arthur Shad, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Beranek of Klein & Beranek, P.A., West Palm Beach, and John R. Hargrove of Heinrich, Gordon, Batchelder, Hargrove, Weihe & Gent, Fort Lauderdale, for Pier 66 Co. Clive Chu, Arthur Shad and Patrick Blangy.

Alan C. Sundberg and Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith, Cutler & Kent, P.A., Tampa, and William G. Paul, Gen. Counsel, John L. Williford, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Charles H. Purdy, Sr. Counsel, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Hugo L. Black, Jr., and Lauri Waldman Ross of Kelly, Black, Black, Byrne, Craig & Beasley, P.A., Miami, Milton P. Shafran, P.A., Tom Bush, and Ronald D. Poltorack, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Jean Poulos.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 23, 1989.

STONE, Judge.

The defendants appeal a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding in excess of 2.8 million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful discharge and defamation. We consolidate the separate appeals for this opinion.

The plaintiff, an employee in the sales department of the defendant hotel, served as a juror in a trial that lasted several weeks. Upon her...

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