KABAA v. ORTHO NEURO SURGICAL LLC (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Omar KABAA and Nadia Al Hadri, Appellants, v. ORTHO NEURO SURGICAL, LLC, and Christopher Gleis, M.D., Appellees.

No. 2D2024-2425

Decided: August 15, 2025

Brian J. Lee of Morgan & Morgan, Jacksonville, for Appellants. Marie A. Borland, Ethen R. Shapiro, and Elise J. Berry of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, for Appellees.

Affirmed. See Publix Super Markets, Inc. v. Levi, 399 So. 3d 1212, 1213 (Fla. 2d DCA 2024) (“[P]unitive damages are reserved for anomalously transgressive conduct that is ‘outrageous in character’ and ‘extreme in degree.’ ” (alteration in original) (quoting Cleveland Clinic Fla. Health Sys. Nonprofit Corp. v. Oriolo, 357 So. 3d 703, 706 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023))).

PER CURIAM.

LUCAS, C.J., and SILBERMAN and VILLANTI, JJ., Concur.

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