Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1981

Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Clay

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 26, 1981 · Dauksch, Sharp, Wart

404 So. 2d 755; 1981 Fla. App. LEXIS 20925 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

That portion of the judgment which awards punitive damages is reversed and this cause is remanded for a new trial under the dictates of the law established in Mercury Motors Express, Inc. v. Smith, 393 So.2d 545 (Fla. 1981).

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.

DAUKSCH, C. J., and SHARP and CO-WART, JJ., concur.

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