Welsh v. Tropical Roofing Co.

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff below filed a complaint against several defendants, one of whom was the Tropical Roofing Company, a Florida corporation, the owner of the automobile involved in a highway collision with a motor vehicle operated by plaintiff’s decedent-husband. The plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages against each of the defendants.

The defendant, Tropical Roofing Company, filed a motion to strike the allegations relating to punitive or exemplary damages on the ground such damages were sought against it based solely on its vicarious liability; that an owner of a…