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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF AFFEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT JULY TERM 1979
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JACQUELINE WYCOFF , ) ?+INA~-UZ`TTIt TIME EXPII~S _ _ -
TO FILE REHEARING PETITION _ .
Appellant , ) AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF.
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v. ) CASE N0. 77-1986. '
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WILLIAM WYCOFF-,- THOMAS--EWING ) - _ _ _ _ _ -
and AETNA CASUALTY ~ SURETY ) - - -
COMPANY, )
Appellee. )
Opinion filed August 15. 1979.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. - j
Lucie County; Dwight Geiger, Judge. -
Robert J. Gorman of Brennan, 24cAliley, -
Albury_& Hayskar, Ft.-Pierce, for
appellant.
Marjorie Gadarian of Jones, Paine &
Foster, West Palm Beach, for Appellee-
Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. _ -
DOWNEY, C.J.
Appellant,-Jacqueline Wycoff, sued appellees, Wil-
liam Wycoff, Thomas Ewing and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company,
for damages resulting from an alleged assault and battery upon
her committed by William Wycoff and Thomas Ewing. William -
Wycoff is appellant's ex-husband; Thomas Ewing is a private de-
tective employed by Wycoff to assist him in obtaining possession
of their minor child who was in the custody of appellant. Aetna
was the surety on a bond required of Ewing under the laws of New
Jersey where he was licensed as a private detective.-
In her complaint appellant alleged that, while she
and the minor child were seated in an automobile in Fort Pierce,
Florida, her ex-husband and Ewing illegally entered her car and
forcibly remved the child during the course of which appellant was
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physically abused and injured. She alleged these actions were
done willfully. and maliciously. Finally, appellant alleged that
Aetna provided public liability insurance covering Ewing and that
she was a third party beneficiary of that policy.