Case Name: Royce D. JOHNSON, Ida Korff Johnson, his wife, and Harry Korff, III, a minor, by his next friend and mother, Ida Korff Johnson, Appellants, v. Beverly Ann RINESMITH and Ray W. Bolt, co-executors of the estate of Ray Harold Bolt, Sr., deceased, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-12-17
Citations: 238 So. 2d 659
Docket Number: No. 68-152
Parties: Royce D. JOHNSON, Ida Korff Johnson, his wife, and Harry Korff, III, a minor, by his next friend and mother, Ida Korff Johnson, Appellants, v. Beverly Ann RINESMITH and Ray W. Bolt, co-executors of the estate of Ray Harold Bolt, Sr., deceased, Appellees.
Judges: LILES, A. C. J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 238
Pages: 659–661

Head Matter:
Royce D. JOHNSON, Ida Korff Johnson, his wife, and Harry Korff, III, a minor, by his next friend and mother, Ida Korff Johnson, Appellants, v. Beverly Ann RINESMITH and Ray W. Bolt, co-executors of the estate of Ray Harold Bolt, Sr., deceased, Appellees.
No. 68-152.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 17, 1969.
Rehearing Granted by Opinion Aug. 19, 1970.
Paul B. Johnson, of Gregory, Cours, Paniello & Johnson, Tampa, for appellants.
George A. McKendree, of Miller & Mc-Kendree, Tampa, for appellees.

Opinion:
MANN, Judge.
The jury's finding of contributory negligence on the part of the husband, who drove, and the wife, who owned, the car in which the plaintiffs were riding is supported by the record. The judgment against them is affirmed.
The verdict of zero damages consequent upon the verdict directed for the child is refuted by the record, and the judgment against the minor plaintiff is reversed. The reasons were most recently explained by Mr. Justice Boyd in Griffis v. Hill, Fla.1969, 230 So.2d 143, opinion filed November 19, 1969.
On retrial the issue of punitive damages is to be considered in the light of Mr. Justice Thornal's scholarly and comprehensive opinion in Atlas Properties, Inc. v. Didich, Fla.1969, 226 So.2d 684. That case involved the question whether a claim for punitive damages survived the death of the injured party, and it was there held that it does, and suggested that it would survive the death of the tortfeasor. We so hold.
Affirmed as to adult parties; reversed as to the minor plaintiff and remanded for a new trial.
LILES, A. C. J., concurs.
McNULTY, J., concurs in conclusion only.