Supreme Court of Florida

Under the offer of judgment statute, section 768.79, Florida Statutes (1993), the "judgment obtained" for the purpose of determining whether the party making the offer is entitled to attorneys- fees includes the net judgment for damages and any attorneys' fees and taxable costs that could have been included in a final judgment if such final judgment was entered on the date of the offer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/18/2002
• Published 04/18/2002

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph A. Eustace, Jr. of Anthony J. Laspada, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Petitioner., Thomas R. Thompson of Thompson, Crawford & Smiley, Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles Tyler Cone of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal and Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Respondent.