actual evidence.” Grim v. State, 841 So.2d 455, 462 (Fla.) (citation omitted), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 892, 124 S.Ct. 280, 157 L.Ed.2d 166 (2003); LaMarca v. State, 785 So.2d 1209, 1216 (Fla.), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 925, 122 S.Ct. 281, 151 L.Ed.2d 207 (2001). A reasonable showing by evidence in the record would typically include depositions, interrogatories, and requests for admissions that have been filed with the court. Hence,- an evidentiary hearing where witnesses testify and evidence is offered and scrutinized under the pertinent evidentiary rules, as in a trial, is neither contemplated nor mandated by the statute in order to determine whether a reasonable basis has been established to plead punitive damages. See Surrey Place of Ocala v. Goodwin, 861 So.2d 1291 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004) (<HOLDING>); Solis v. Calvo, 689 So.2d 366, 369 n. 2 (Fla.
holding a court may not award punitive damages holding that punitive damages are not fines holding that a hearing on a motion to amend to allege punitive damages is not necessary holding tcpa is remedial statute and that statutory damages are not punitive damages holding that punitive damages do not need to be proportional to compensatory damages