CHRISTENSON & ASSOCIATES v. PALUMBO-TUCKER

No. 94-1550.

656 So.2d 266 (1995)

CHRISTENSON & ASSOCIATES, Mortgage Company; Neils P. Christenson; and David A. Christenson, Appellants, v. Christina PALUMBO-TUCKER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy A. Metzger of Kohl, Metzger & Spotts, P.A., Stuart, for appellants.

William L. Roby of Crary, Buchanan, Bowdish, Bovie, Lord, Roby & Evans, Stuart, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

In affirming the judgment below in all respects, we write only to address Judge Stone's reluctance to include prejudgment interest in calculating the presumptive range of punitive damages under section 768.73(1)(a), Florida Statutes (1993).

Section 768.73(1)(a) provides that an award of punitive damages presumptively "may not exceed three times the amount of compensatory damages awarded to each person * * *." In Argonaut Ins. Co. v. May Plumbing...

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