Supreme Court of Florida

In the context of attorney's fees awards made after settlement offers are not accepted and favorable judgment is rendered to the offering plaintiff, based on the plain language of Florida Statutes section 768.79, an offer of settlement must state the statute on which it is based.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/14/2007
• Published 06/14/2007

Judges

• QUINCE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard A. Sherman, Sr., P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Samuel Tyler Hill of Hill and Lemongello, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Charles W. Hall and Mark D. Tinker of Fowler, White, Boggs, and Banker, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Arnold R. Ginsberg of Ginsberg and Schwartz, Miami, FL, and Nicole Sophia Freedlander of Nelson and Freedlander, Miami, FL, for Respondent.