Santiago Medina and Militza Bernal v. Genex Services and Josana Cardelli
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledApril 1, 2020
Docket3D18-2092
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed April 1, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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Nos. 3D18-2092 & 3D18-1644
Lower Tribunal No. 15-10980
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Santiago Medina and Militza Bernal,
Appellants,
vs.
Genex Services and Josana Cardelli, et al.,
Appellees.
Appeals from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Maria De Jesus
Santovenia, Judge.
Graner, Platzek & Allison, P.A., and Meredith A. Chaiken (Boca Raton), for
appellants.
McDonald Hopkins LLC, and Christopher B. Hopkins, Mary F. April, and
Craig S. Distel (West Palm Beach), for appellees Genex Services and Josana
Cardelli; GrayRobinson, P.A., and Jack R. Reiter and Leslie A. Metz, for appellees
Travelers Property Casualty Company of America and Bonnie Rothman.
Before LOGUE, LINDSEY, and GORDO, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
The tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress requires that a party's
conduct go beyond mere bad faith and instead be “so outrageous in character, and
so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency.” Aguilera v.
Inservices, Inc., 905 So. 2d 84, 92 (Fla. 2005) (quoting Metro. Life Ins. Co. v.
McCarson, 467 So. 2d 277, 278–79 (Fla. 1985)).
Affirmed.
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