Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Milton Carpenter Insurance Co. v. Mercado

Milton Carpenter Insurance Co. v. Mercado
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 14, 1987 · Glickstein, Letts, Walden
500 So. 2d 351; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 261; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 6273 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Milton Carpenter Insurance Co. v. Mercado

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We treat this as a petition for writ of certiorari and it is hereby denied.

LETTS and WALDEN, JJ., concur. GLICKSTEIN, J., concurs specially with opinion.

Concurring Opinion

GLICKSTEIN, Judge,

concurring specialty-

I write to explain what we have done. This proceeding began as a non-final appeal by the defendant from a “[p]artial summary judgment determining liability in favor of a party seeking affirmative relief.” The trial court said:

This holding is limited to a determination that the corporate defendant is legally *352liable to Plaintiffs for such acts of its officer, PAUL KORNYA, as are alleged in Counts IV, VI, VIII and IX, if a jury should determine that KORNYA in fact committed these acts.

Appellant’s sole point on appeal was as follows:

An insurance agency whose officer-employee embezzles a premium, unbeknownst to the agency, is not liable for punitive damages or other penalties, because the act was outside the scope of employment.

We have concluded as the majority has indicated.

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