Surrey Place of Ocala v. Goodwin

Petitioners, Surrey Place of Ocala Partnership, L.B. Properties, Inc., J.L.D. Partnership and William P. Crain [“Surrey Place”], have petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the trial court permitting the respondent to state a claim for punitive damages in the suit below arising out of a claim of injury to a resident of an assisted living facility operated by Surrey Place. Surrey Place contends that the trial court erred in failing to conduct a hearing prior to entry of its order granting the respondent’s motion for leave to amend its complaint to add the punitive…