Legal Opinion

St. John v. Coisman

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 16, 2001No. 5D00-3031PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

799 So.2d 1110 (2001)

John ST. JOHN, Appellant,

v.

Gilbert COISMAN, Appellee.

No. 5D00-3031.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 16, 2001.

Barbara C. Fromm and Gayle Smith Swedmark of Jolly, Peterson & Waters, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Carri S. Leininger and James O. Williams, Jr., of Williams & Leininger, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellee.

SHARP, W., J.

St. John, the defendant below, appeals from an adverse final judgment, after a jury trial which awarded Coisman compensatory damages of $102,500.00,[1] and punitive damages in the amount of $333,000.00. The punitive…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Harris; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Sawaya.

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