( October 9, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Following the Florida Supreme Court’s determination, in answer to a certified question, that an appeals court erred in its interpretation of Florida Statutes Section 768.72(1) when it refused to allow petitioners to amend their counterclaims to seek punitive damages against a neighbor, his insurer and the insurer’s counsel in a lawsuit arising from “hate mail” letters, the appeals court panel on remand affirmed without discussion the trial court’s order permitting amendment of the counterclaims to seek punitive damages against the neighbor but reversed the lower court’s order allowing amendment of counterclaims against the insurer and the insurer’s counsel....