Opinion
No. 96-0680.
June 26, 1996.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Thomas E. Sholts, Judge L.T. Case No. CL 96-199AG.
Raymond M. Masciarella, II of Raymond M. Masciarella, II, P.A., North Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Barry W. Taylor of Barry W. Taylor Associates, P.A., Jupiter, for respondents.
We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order denying the motion to strike the claim for punitive damages. See § 768.72, Fla.Stat. (1995); Keller Indus., Inc. v. Kennedy, 668 So.2d 328 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Walt Disney World Co. v. Noordhoek, 672 So.2d 98 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); Kraft Gen. Foods, Inc. v. Rosenblum, 635 So.2d 106 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 642 So.2d 1363 (Fla. 1994).
WARNER, FARMER and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.