SUMPOLEC v. PRUCO LIFE INS. CO.

No. 89-2805.

563 So.2d 778 (1990)

Harriet SUMPOLEC, Appellant, v. PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rossano, Torrent & Leyte-Vidal, P.A., and Robert A. Rossano, Miami, for appellant.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, and Shelley H. Leinicke, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before COPE, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Sumpolec, appeals from the entry of a final judgment in accordance with a directed verdict entered at the close of all the evidence. We reverse.

The trial court erred in entering a directed verdict for the insurance company, Pruco Life Insurance Company [Pruco], based on the argument that a corporation could not be held responsible for fraud committed by one of its agents because the agent acted without corporate authority....

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