Lewis v. Guthartz

How courts have described this case

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• holding that there must be a tort \distinguishable from or independent of [the] breach of contract\ in order for a party to bring a valid claim in tort based on a breach in a contractual relationship
• holding that there must be a tort “distinguishable from or independent of [the] breach of contract” in order for a party to bring a valid claim in tort based on a breach in a contractual relationship
• without proving a separate and independent tort, even flagrant and oppressive breach of contract could not be converted into tort in order to recover punitive damages
• “It is now a well-settled rule in Florida that punitive damages are not recoverable in a breach of contract action, absent an accompanying independent tort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).