LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA v. CROFT

Case No. 2D19-3040.

299 So.3d 588 (2020)

LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC. a/k/a Life Care Centers of America, Inc. of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Bill CROFT, Jr., as personal representative of the Estate of Bill Croft, Sr., deceased; and Ralph M. Jacobs, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed July 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie A. Borland , Ethen R. Shapiro , and Ryan J. Leuthauser of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Megan L. Gisclar and Kathleen Clark Knight of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa; and Joanna Greber Dettloff of Mendes, Reins & Wilander Law Group, PLLC, Tampa, for Respondent Bill Croft, Jr.

No appearance for Respondent Ralph M. Jacobs.


Life Care Centers of America, Inc., a/k/a Life Care Centers of America, Inc. of Tennessee, seeks certiorari review of the trial court's order granting the Estate of Bill Croft, Sr.'s motion to amend its complaint to add a count for punitive damages. We grant the petition.

In August 2016, Bill Croft, Sr., filed a complaint against...

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