Case Name: Steve TORCISE, Sr., et al., Petitioners, v. HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, etc., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-08-24
Citations: 622 So. 2d 637
Docket Number: No. 93-1410
Parties: Steve TORCISE, Sr., et al., Petitioners, v. HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, etc., Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 622
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
Steve TORCISE, Sr., et al., Petitioners, v. HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, etc., Respondent.
No. 93-1410.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 24, 1993.
Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector and Deborah A. Sam-pieri, Miami, for petitioners.
Bailey, Hunt, Jones & Busto and Raul A. Arencibia, Miami, for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order below is quashed because there was no "reasonable showing by evidence in the record or proffered by the claimant which would provide a reasonable basis for recovery of [punitive] damages." § 768.72, Fla.Stat. (1991). See Key West Convalescent Ctr., Inc. v. Doherty, 619 So.2d 367 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).
Certiorari granted.