GODBEY v. WALSH

No. 87-457.

530 So.2d 343 (1988)

Asa L. GODBEY, Jr., M.D., Appellant, v. Ellen Joan WALSH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Johnston of Taylor, Day & Rio, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Rodney D. McGalliard and Raymond F. Brady of McGalliard, Mills, deMontmollin, Monaco & Sieg, Gainesville, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of a trial court order awarding $43,750 in attorney fees pursuant to entry of a $75,000 consent judgment. The consent judgment was entered after a 1986 offer of judgment. The issues on appeal are (1) whether appellee was entitled to attorney fees under Section 768.56, Florida Statutes, when the statute had been repealed by the time the offer of judgment was made, (2) whether appellee was a prevailing party within the meaning...

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