Legal Opinion
Ojus Industries v. Brannam
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 15, 1977No. Nos. 75-776, 75-777PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANSTEAD, Judge.
This is an appeal from an award of punitive damages entered against the appellants, Ojus Industries and Robert Thomas, as a result of a motor vehicle accident, We reverse.
Shortly after 11:00 p. m. on May 11,1973, several Florida highway patrolmen stopped a station wagon on the Florida turnpike. The station wagon parked in an emergency parking lane, about three feet from the edge of the southbound, righthand lane of traffic. One police car parked immediately *1056behind the station wagon; another to the west of the station wagon; and still another to the west and south of the station…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Carraway v. RevellSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Ingram v. PettitSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Fort v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Grimley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
3Cited by3 opinions
- Como Oil Co., Inc. v. O'LOUGHLINSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Hoenig v. Texas Commerce Bank, N.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996
- O'Loughlin v. Como Oil Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983