District Court of Appeal of Florida

An attorney's fees judgment for plaintiffs in an action under the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act against Ford is reversed in part and remanded where: 1) the trial court erred in relying on an improperly filed offer of judgment and improperly admitted expert testimony in deciding the amount of attorney's fees; 2) the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act controlled state law in this area and entitled them to attorney's fees incurred in litigating the fee issue; and 3) a failure to award costs and interest was error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/01/2006
• Published 09/05/2006

Judges

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rebecca J. Covey of Rebecca J. Covey, L.L.C., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Wendy F. Lumish and Alina Alonso of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, for appellee.