BELLE GLADE CHEVROLET-CADILLAC v. FIGGIE

No. 4D09-307.

54 So.3d 991 (2010)

BELLE GLADE CHEVROLET-CADILLAC BUICK PONTIAC OLDS-MOBILE, INC., Appellant, v. Benjamin FIGGIE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow and Cynthia E. Gunther of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert J. Hauser of Beasley Hauser Kramer Leonard & Galardi, P.A., West Palm Beach, and William H. Pincus and Romin N. Currier of the Law Offices of William H. Pincus, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

This appeal concerns punitive damages awarded for a defective Jaguar automobile purchased by the plaintiff, Benjamin Figgie, from the defendant, Belle Glade Chevrolet Cadillac Buick Pontiac Oldsmobile, Inc. (Belle Glade). Belle Glade appeals the trial court's final judgment awarding the plaintiff $11,472.50 in compensatory damages for fraud and $100,000 in punitive damages. Plaintiff cross-appeals the court's refusal to apply a multiplier to his attorney...

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