Arnette v. Continental Insurance Co.

Full title: PATRICIA A. ARNETTE, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 21, 1986

490 So. 2d 158 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-919.

June 17, 1986. Rehearing Denied July 21, 1986.

Before the Circuit Court for Dade County; Leonard Rivkind, Judge.

Carl Di Bernardo, Horton, Perse Ginsberg and Edward Perse, Miami, for appellant.

Corlett, Killian, Hardeman, McIntosh Levi and Leanne J. Frank, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We approve the trial court holding that uninsured motorist coverage in this state does not include liability for punitive damages upon the authority of Suarez v. Aguiar, 351 So.2d 1086 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977).

Affirmed.