Supreme Court of Florida

When survivors in a wrongful death action have competing claims and are represented by separate attorneys, awarding attorneys' fees in a manner commensurate with the attorneys' work properly provides for proportional payment of attorneys' fees by all survivors, out of their respective awards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2003
• Published 05/22/2003

Judges

• ANSTEAD, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda L. Schwichtenberg, Orlando, FL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jackson O. Brownlee of Beusse, Brownlee, Bowdoin & Wolter, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Respondent.