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Shirley A. KING and John P. King, Appellants, v. WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC., and Wackenhut Corporation, Appellees.
    No. BK-324.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Dec. 10, 1986.
    
      Stephen A. Hould of Hould & Westling, Jacksonville, for appellants.
    Daniel C. Shaughnessy of Coker, Myers & Schickel, P.A., Jacksonville, for appel-lees.
   PER CURIAM.

This cause is before us on appeal from a directed verdict entered pursuant to defendants’ (Winn-Dixie and Wackenhut’s) post-trial motion. The order vacates the punitive damages awarded by the jury in a suit for false imprisonment. We affirm.

We find the facts presented do not support an award of punitive damages, as the security guards employed by Wackenhut and Winn-Dixie did not act with wanton and outrageous disregard of appellant’s (Ms. King’s) rights. See Harris v. Lewis State Bank, 482 So.2d 1378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); White Construction Company v. DuPont, 455 So.2d 1026 (Fla.1984); American Cyanamid Company v. Roy, 498 So.2d 859 (Fla.1986). Accordingly, we affirm.

BOOTH, C.J., and WENTWORTH and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.