ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLA. INC. v. Alvarez, 1D01-2881.

• Decision Date: 07 May 2002
• Docket Number: No. 1D01-2881.,1D01-2881.
• Citation: 815 So.2d 754
• Parties: ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. B.V. ALVAREZ and Judy Alvarez, his wife, and Stephanie Friedman Yates, Respondents.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

815 So.2d 754

ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. B.V. ALVAREZ and Judy Alvarez, his wife, and Stephanie Friedman Yates, Respondents.

No. 1D01-2881.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 7, 2002.

Sonya Harrell Hoener, of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Lanny M. Rauer, of Jacobs & Associates, P.A., Fernandina Beach, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Atlantic Exterminating of North Florida, Inc., seeks certiorari review of the trial court's denial of its motion to strike a claim for punitive damages. We have jurisdiction, grant the writ, quash the order below, and remand with instructions to strike the claim for punitive damages. See Simeon, Inc. v. Cox, 671 So.2d 158 (Fla. 1996)

; WFTV, Inc. v. Hinn, 705 So.2d 1010 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998); section 768.72, Fla. Stat. (2000).

BOOTH, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.