District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order awarding plaintiff only part of the taxable costs he sought, even though judgment had been entered in his favor in a negligence action brought against defendants, is reversed where Florida Statutes section 57.041(1) does not authorize reduction or apportionment of costs on grounds that the plaintiff recovered, on the only count sued on, less than all of the damages the complaint prayed for.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2007
• Published 01/26/2007

Judges

• BENTON, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James H. Daniel, Jacksonville, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gail A. Stafford of the Law Office of Gail A. Stafford, Jacksonville and Elizabeth C. Wheeler of Elizabeth C. Wheeler, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.