Ramos v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Leonardo Ramos appeals a final summary judgment in favor of Florida Power & Light (FPL) regarding his second amended complaint for gross negligence. Ramos alleged that FPL was grossly negligent when it terminated electrical service to his farm and family residence, and that the wrongful power cutoff resulted in substantial losses to his ornamental plant crops and livestock. FPL maintained that it had already prevailed on a critical element of Ramos’ claim — the question of whether Ramos engaged in meter tampering and electric current diversion — in a prior administrative proceeding before the…