RAFAEL E. PADIERNE v. AMADOR

No. 92-2672.

635 So.2d 980 (1994)

RAFAEL E. PADIERNE, P.A., et al., Appellants, v. Rolando A. AMADOR, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckham & Beckham and Pamela Beckham, North Miami Beach, for appellants.

G. Luis Dominguez, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We find no error in the points raised in the direct appeal and therefore affirm the judgment awarding compensatory damages for the malicious prosecution of a civil action by the appellants against the appellee. On the cross-appeal, however, we conclude that the trial judge erroneously refused to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. The record — as reflected by the jury verdict finding that the appellant had been guilty of either actual...

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