PEETE V. BLACKWELL
504 So.2d 222 (1986)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Peete (D) appealed a judgment against him based on a jury verdict
that assessed punitive damages in an assault and battery action filed by Blackwell (P).
FACTS: D, a doctor, hospitalized one of his patients for a severe nosebleed. D applied
anterior and posterior nasal packs to control the bleeding. The patient was again
experiencing difficulties and D found that the string securing the posterior pack had been
cut and that his patient was bleeding profusely. The patient was in danger of suffocation. D
immediately sought to retrieve the pack and to control the bleeding. D required the use of a
suction machine to remove the blood from his patient's throat. P, the nurse in charge of the
floor on which the patient had been hospitalized, assisted. At one-point D struck her on the
forearm and demanded that she 'turn on the [goddamn] suction.' No physical injury of any
kind resulted from this striking. It is from this incident that this case arose. P alleged
that D had committed an assault and battery against her. She demanded $1.00 in compensatory
damages and $100,000 in punitive damages. P got the verdict for $1 and $10,000 in punitives.
D appealed. D argues on this appeal that the punitive damages awarded in this case were
excessive or that they were improperly awarded in light of the evidence presented.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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