LAGE v. BLANCO

No. 86-2582.

521 So.2d 299 (1988)

Gonzalo M. LAGE and Gonzalo R. Lage, Appellants, v. Angel BLANCO, Jr., Norma Blanco, and Security Underwriters, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot R. Weitzman, Miami, for appellants.

J. Randolph Lipscomb, Miami, for appellees.

Before HUBBART, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

The question presented is whether the court, for the purpose of assessing fees pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1985), for bringing a frivolous lawsuit, may substitute as parties the attorneys filing the action where the attorneys brought and bitterly maintained the suit in the name of corporations without the corporations' authorization.

Appellants, practicing attorneys, filed a lawsuit in the name of two corporations against...

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