Case Name: PAN AMERICAN BANK OF SARASOTA, as administrator c. t. a. of the Estate of Herman A. Nause, Deceased, Appellant, v. Marion H. LANGAN et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-06-25
Citations: 315 So. 2d 216
Docket Number: No. 75-41
Parties: PAN AMERICAN BANK OF SARASOTA, as administrator c. t. a. of the Estate of Herman A. Nause, Deceased, Appellant, v. Marion H. LANGAN et al., Appellees.
Judges: McNULTY, C. J., and HOBSON and GRIMES, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 315
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
PAN AMERICAN BANK OF SARASOTA, as administrator c. t. a. of the Estate of Herman A. Nause, Deceased, Appellant, v. Marion H. LANGAN et al., Appellees.
No. 75-41.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 25, 1975.
Rehearing Denied July 17, 1975.
Lawrence J. Robinson of Drymon, Robinson & Clark, Sarasota, for appellant.
Ted R. Manry, III, and John R. Bush of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this combined survival and wrongful death action, plaintiff-appellant, as administrator of the Estate of Herman A. Nause, deceased, appeals the dismissal of its count for punitive damages. We reverse.
After this case was orally argued before us our Supreme Court handed down its consolidated decisions in Martin v. United Security Services, Inc. and Mobley v. American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida. The court there held that the new wrongful death act, i. e., § 768.16 et seq., F.S.1973, did not eliminate the right to claim punitive damages in actions brought thereunder. The trial court's order to the contrary herein is therefore in error.
In view whereof, the order appealed from should he, and it is hereby, reversed; and the cause is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith.
McNULTY, C. J., and HOBSON and GRIMES, JJ., concur.
. (Fla.1975) 314 So.2d 765.
. See Atlas Properties, Inc. v. Didich (Fla.1969), 226 So.2d 684.