Supreme Court of Florida

Where the there is only a general finding that an attorney acted in bad faith, but the record does not support a specific finding of acts of bad faith against counsel, an award of attorneys' fees will not be appropriate, but where joint and several liability is imposed against the counsel and client, the case may be remanded to determine whether the trial judge intended shared liability for attorneys' fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2002
• Published 02/28/2002

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah Marks of Abrams, Etter & Marks, P.A., Miami, FL;  and Helen Ann Hauser of Dittmar & Hauser, Coconut Grove, FL, for Petitioners., Cynthia L. Greene, Miami, FL, for the Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, Amicus Curiae., David B. Pakula, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae., Roy D. Wasson, Miami, FL, for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark A. Gatica of Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, P.A., Coral Gables, FL;  Robert Barrar of Rubin and Barrar, P.A., Miami, FL;  and Andrew M. Leinoff & Associates, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Respondents.