RUSTIC VILLAGE, INC. v. FRIEDMAN

No. 81-1856.

417 So.2d 305 (1982)

RUSTIC VILLAGE, INC., a Florida Corporation, and Steven Shere, Appellants, v. Elayne FRIEDMAN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krongold & Bass and Paul H. Bass, Coral Gables, for appellants.

Resnick, Rosenthal & Weiss and Leon J. Weiss, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., SCHWARTZ, J., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


PEARSON, Tillman

The defendant in an action brought pursuant to the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Section 501.201, et seq., Florida Statutes (1979), appeals an order of the trial court denying a motion for attorney's fees pursuant to Section 501.21051 of the Act. We reverse upon a holding that where a plaintiff brings a claim under the Act, an attorney's fee is to be allowed a prevailing defendant even though the trial...

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