Case Name: SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA, LLC, Petitioner, v. Erma DUPONT, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-04-05
Citations: 955 So. 2d 533
Docket Number: No. SC06-1617
Parties: SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA, LLC, Petitioner, v. Erma DUPONT, Respondent.
Judges: LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 955
Pages: 533–535

Head Matter:
SPEEDWAY SUPERAMERICA, LLC, Petitioner, v. Erma DUPONT, Respondent.
No. SC06-1617.
Supreme Court of Florida.
April 5, 2007.
Susan Potter Norton of Allen, Norton and Blue, P.A., Coral Gables, Florida, and Brian Koji of Allen, Norton and Blue, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.
Wayne L. Allen of Allen and Arcadier, P.A., Melbourne, FL, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This Court initially accepted jurisdiction to review Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC v. Dupont, 933 So.2d 75 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006), a decision in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:
DOES THE RULE ANNOUNCED IN MERCURY MOTORS EXPRESS, INC. v. SMITH, 393 So.2d 545 (Fla.1981), UNDER WHICH AN EMPLOYER CAN BE HELD VICARIOUSLY LIABLE FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES BASED UPON THE WILLFUL AND WANTON CONDUCT OF ITS EMPLOYEE, APPLY TO PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS UNDER SECTION 760.11(5), FLORIDA STATUTES?
Id. at 91. After further consideration, this Court concludes that jurisdiction was im providently granted. Accordingly, this review proceeding is dismissed.
It is so ordered.
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur.
PARIENTE, J., concurs with an opinion, in which ANSTEAD, J., concurs.