Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal. Courtesy photo.
Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz urged the Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee to reconsider its stance on reviewing punitive damages, after a change to the 1993 statutory law on which it’s based.
While case law says appellate courts can’t review whether lower courts correctly allowed punitive damages, Kuntz suggested defendants should be able to appeal a plaintiff’s move to add the extra damages.
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