District Court of Appeal of Florida

A defendant is entitled to recover attorney-s fees under a statute awarding fees to the prevailing party in litigation after the plaintiff took a voluntary dismissal without prejudice, even though plaintiff subsequently refiled the identical lawsuit and ultimately prevailed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2006
• Published 12/13/2006

Judges

• GROSS, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence D. Bache of Law Office of Lawrence D. Bache, Pembroke Pines, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roger G. Pickles of Law Office of Robert P. Kelly, Hollywood, for appellees.