PIRRETTI v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.

No. 89-2970.

578 So.2d 474 (1991)

Rose PIRRETTI, Rose Deangelis, and Lisa Deangelis, Appellants, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC. and Richard Frost, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Mattlin and Gloria O. North of Mattlin, McClosky & North, Boca Raton, for appellants.

Peter J. Aldrich of Broome, Kelley & Aldrich, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee-Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, for appellee-Richard Frost.


STONE, Judge.

We affirm a judgment for attorney's fees in favor of the prevailing defendants awarded in an action alleging the unlawful sale of securities under section 517.211(6), Florida Statutes. The statute provides that the court shall award attorney's fees unless it finds that such an award would be "unjust." Appellants challenge the judgment on several grounds.

Initially, we reject the contention that the trial court, by awarding fees despite questioning...

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