ESPIRITO SANTO BANK v. REGO

No. 3D06-2156.

990 So.2d 1088 (2007)

ESPIRITO SANTO BANK, Petitioner, v. Mercio Goncalves REGO, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Order Denying Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc September 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Stewart; Silver, Garvett & Henkel and Tim D. Henkel, Miami, for petitioner.

Bernardo Burstein, Miami, for respondent.

Before RAMIREZ and LAGOA, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


LAGOA, Judge.

Petitioner Espirito Santo Bank ("ES Bank") seeks a Writ of Certiorari quashing the trial court's order granting Respondent, Mercio Goncalves Rego's ("Rego") motion to amend his complaint to seek punitive damages in connection with his claim for fraudulent inducement. Because the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law, we grant the petition for certiorari.1

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