District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a negligence suit, a judgment awarding attorney's fees to a defendant pursuant to Florida Statutes section 57.105(1) is affirmed in part as to a decision to impose attorney's fees from the beginning of the defendant's involvement in the litigation, and reversed in part since attorney's fees are not available for time spent litigating the amount of fees to be awarded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2006
• Published 07/26/2006

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James W. Shuttleworth, III, and Joel S. Finkelstein of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP, Newburgh, NY, and Arthur C. Neiwirth of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dana J. McElroy and John R. Hargrove of Gordon Hargrove & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Gil Hyatt, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Gil Hyatt, Inc. d/b/a Gil Hyatt Construction, a Florida corporation.