Legal Opinion
State Capital Insurance Co. v. Mattey
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 26, 1997No. 96-2765PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NESBITT, Judge.
Petitioner State Capital Insurance Company seeks review of á trial court’s order denying the company’s motion to strike insureds’ claim for punitive damages. A petition for common law certiorari is the appropriate vehicle for testing the correctness of an order relating to the procedural requirements for asserting a claim for punitive damages. See Globe Newspaper Co. v. King, 658 So.2d 518, 520 (Fla.1995). We grant the petition and quash the order under review.
Jesus and Beatriz Mattey filed a motion for leave to amend their underlying breach of contract action against State…
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