Opinion ID: 1779024
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The defendants' profit from their misconduct.

Text: If a Hammond /Green Oil review indicates that the wrongful conduct was profitable to the defendant, we are required to determine whether the punitive-damages award removes the profit and whether it exceeds the profit so that the defendant recognizes a loss. Green Oil, 539 So.2d at 223. The evidence shows that Life of Georgia gained little, if any, profit from Taunton's sale of the two $1,000 policies because the Parkers were unable to pay even the first premiums on them. [5] Taunton's commission on the sale was nominal. Clearly, the punitive-damages award removes any profit the defendants realized and so far exceeds it that the defendants would recognize a loss. This factor thus weighs in favor of a finding that the punitive-damages award is excessive.