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FLORIDA INVESTMENTS UNLIMITED, INC. v. TUMMARELLO

Case No. 6D23-2139.

381 So.3d 694 (2024)

FLORIDA INVESTMENTS UNLIMITED, INC. d/b/a Team Staffing Services and Deborah Jones, Appellants, v. Kathreen TUMMARELLO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tinamarie Smith, deceased, and Manheim Remarketing, Inc. d/b/a Manheim Central Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Sixth District.

March 15, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carly M. Weiss and Lisette Gonzalez , of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for Appellants.

George A. Vaka and Robert C. Hubbard , of Vaka Law Group, Tampa, and Geoffrey T. Moore , of The Maher Law Firm, P.A., Winter Park, and Jacqueline D. Allen , of Bonaquist|Allen, Naples, for Appellee, Kathreen Tummarello, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Tinamarie Smith, deceased.

No Appearance for Appellee, Manheim Remarketing, Inc. d/b/a Manheim Central Florida.

AFFIRMED.

TRAVER, C.J., and WHITE, J., concur.

NARDELLA, J., dissents, with opinion.

NARDELLA, J., dissenting.

Florida's Legislature created a heightened standard for pleading punitive damages, which Florida's courts are tasked to police. Hosp. Specialists, P.A. v. Deen, 373 So.3d 1283, 1287...

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