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ST. JOHN v. COISMAN

No. 5D00-3031.

799 So.2d 1110 (2001)

John ST. JOHN, Appellant, v. Gilbert COISMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara C. Fromm and Gayle Smith Swedmark of Jolly, Peterson & Waters, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Carri S. Leininger and James O. Williams, Jr., of Williams & Leininger, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

SHARP, W., J.

St. John, the defendant below, appeals from an adverse final judgment, after a jury trial which awarded Coisman compensatory damages of $102,500.00,1 and punitive damages in the amount of $333,000.00. The punitive damage award is challenged on appeal as being so gross the trial court abused its discretion in denying a remittitur of the award, and as being excessive under the due...

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