Case Name: Kenneth B. HUTCHINS, Appellant, v. Charles T. HUTCHINS, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-04-16
Citations: 508 So. 2d 391
Docket Number: No. 85-1834
Parties: Kenneth B. HUTCHINS, Appellant, v. Charles T. HUTCHINS, et al., Appellees.
Judges: ORFINGER, SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 508
Pages: 391–391

Head Matter:
Kenneth B. HUTCHINS, Appellant, v. Charles T. HUTCHINS, et al., Appellees.
No. 85-1834.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 16, 1987.
Rehearing Denied June 3, 1987.
Hal K. Litchford and Robert W. Burijon, Jr. of Litchford, Christopher & Milbrath, Orlando, for appellant.
Patricia Fields Anderson and Frank McClung of McClung & Anderson, Brooks-ville, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
From the record we find evidence upon which the jury could have based its verdict for $30,000 compensatory damages on the appellee's claim for malicious interference with a business relationship. However, the evidence is legally insufficient to support the $35,000 punitive damages verdict. On this appeal appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence as to the $20,-000 award for unlawful interception of a communication under the wiretapping statute (section 934.10, Florida Statutes (1985)). Accordingly, the final judgment is reduced to $50,000 and, as modified, is
AFFIRMED.
ORFINGER, SHARP and COWART, JJ., concur.