Case Name: PANTRY PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC., a foreign corporation, and Myron Bimonte, Appellants, v. John VELAZQUEZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-03-03
Citations: 503 So. 2d 429
Docket Number: No. 86-1325
Parties: PANTRY PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC., a foreign corporation, and Myron Bimonte, Appellants, v. John VELAZQUEZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 503
Pages: 429–430

Head Matter:
PANTRY PRIDE ENTERPRISES, INC., a foreign corporation, and Myron Bimonte, Appellants, v. John VELAZQUEZ, Appellee.
No. 86-1325.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 3, 1987.
McDermott, Will & Emery and James E. McDonald, Steven E. Siff, and Catherine A. Gaudreau, Miami, for appellants.
James C. Blecke, Miami, High, Stack, Lazenby, Palahach & Lacasa, Coral Gables, for appellee.
Before NESBITT, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the judgment for compensatory damages. See Ferguson v. Seaboard Air Line R.R., 400 F.2d 473, 475 (5th Cir.1968) ("Florida adheres to the 'election of remedy' theory"). We reverse the award of punitive damages, however, upon a holding that the evidence taken in the light most favorable to Velazquez is, nevertheless, insufficient to establish the necessary willful and wanton misconduct required by law. See White Constr. Co. v. Dupont, 455 So.2d 1026 (Fla.1984); Ten Assocs. v. Brunson, 492 So.2d 1149 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986).
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.