Ocean Mile Galleries, Inc. v. Huguenor

DOWNEY, Judge.

UPON SUPREME COURT MANDATE

Appellees sued appellants for compensatory and punitive damages for fraud and misrepresentation in the sale of two pieces of jewelry. The jury returned a verdict for appellees for $2,000 compensatory damages and $18,000 punitive damages.

On December 13, 1974, we published an opinion reversing the judgment appealed from and remanding the cause for a new trial on damages only, on the grounds that appellees had failed to show appellant’s net *1044worth as a foundation for the allowance of punitive damages. See Ocean Mile Galleries, Inc. v. Huguenor, 305 So.2d…