Case Name: ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. B.V. ALVAREZ and Judy Alvarez, his wife, and Stephanie Friedman Yates, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-05-07
Citations: 815 So. 2d 754
Docket Number: No. 1D01-2881
Parties: ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. B.V. ALVAREZ and Judy Alvarez, his wife, and Stephanie Friedman Yates, Respondents.
Judges: BOOTH, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 815
Pages: 754–754

Head Matter:
ATLANTIC EXTERMINATING OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC., Petitioner, v. B.V. ALVAREZ and Judy Alvarez, his wife, and Stephanie Friedman Yates, Respondents.
No. 1D01-2881.
District Court pf Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 7, 2002.
Sonya Harrell Hoener, of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, for Petitioner.
Lanny M. Rauer, of Jacobs & Associates, P.A., Fernandina Beach, for Respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Atlantic Exterminating of North Florida, Inc., seeks certiorari review of the trial court's denial of its motion to strike a claim for punitive damages. We have jurisdiction, grant the writ, quash the order below, and remand with instructions to strike the claim for punitive damages. See Simeon, Inc. v. Cox, 671 So.2d 158 (Fla.1996); WFTV, Inc. v. Hinn, 705 So.2d 1010 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998); section 768.72, Fla. Stat. (2000).
BOOTH, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.