Asserting Basis for Punitive Damages against Corporate Entity

A defamation claim can serve as a basis to amend a complaint to add punitive damages. From prior articles (here or here) you know that asserting a basis for punitive damages is not made as of the date the lawsuit is filed. Rather, a plaintiff must comply with the statutory, procedural requirements and move to amend to assert punitive damages by proffering evidence that there is “a reasonable showing by evidence in the record…which would provide a reasonable basis for recovery of such damages.” Fla. Stat. s. 768.72(1). There are times a plaintiff wants to attribute an employee’s defamation of character to...