Thompson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

GREEN, Judge.

Appellant Gwendolyn Thompson appeals a summary judgment entered against her for compensatory and punitive claims as an adult “survivor” for the alleged wrongful death of her brother, Gaylord Thompson, as well as the dismissal of her claim for punitive damages pursuant to a bad faith claim against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”). We affirm the summary judgment based upon Cingkina v. Racik, 647 So.2d 289 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), but we reverse the dismissal of the bad faith claim for punitive damages.

Gaylord Thompson was killed in 1992 in an automobile…