RAKITA v. ROSE

Nos. 88-1446, 88-1550.

547 So.2d 154 (1989)

Nathan J. RAKITA and Rose C. Forman and Southeast Bank, N.A., As Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Harry Forman, Deceased, Appellants, v. Richard A. ROSE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDermott, Will & Emery and James E. Betke, Lawrence R. Metsch, and John Schriver, Chicago, Ill., for the Estate of Harry Forman and its co-personal representatives/appellants; Herzfeld and Rubin and Myron Shapiro and Judy D. Shapiro, Miami, for appellant Forman, individually.

Grutman Greene Bjork and Norman Roy Grutman and Donald Zimmerman, New York City, Wallace Engels Pertnoy Solowsky, Newman & Allen, P.A., Miami, for appellee.

Before FERGUSON, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

In their consolidated appeal,1 Nathan Rakita, Rose Forman and Southeast Bank, co-personal representatives of Harry Forman's estate, and Rose Forman, in her individual capacity, appeal from a judgment for $1,500,000 in compensatory damages, $1,000,000 in punitive damages, and an award of prejudgment interest. For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court's order denying Forman and Rakita's motion for a directed...

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