Supreme Court of Florida

A motion for attorney fees and costs made pursuant to Florida's offer of judgment statute need not be denied because the underlying proposal for settlement was filed in the trial court before the judgment was entered.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2008
• Published 03/20/2008

Judges

• WELLS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Capito, Lutz, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scot E. Samis, Jennifer J. Card, and Jeffrey M. Adams of Abbey, Adams, Byelick, Kiernan, Mueller and Lancaster, LLP, St. Petersburg, FL, for Respondent.