LANAHAN LUMBER CO., INC. v. McDEVITT & STREET CO.

No. 92-0479.

611 So.2d 591 (1993)

LANAHAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. McDEVITT & STREET COMPANY, a Florida corporation, and The American Insurance Company, a New Jersey corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Durant and Myra Loughran of Martin, Ade, Birchfield & Mickler, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Esther E. Galicia and Clinton D. Flagg of George, Hartz, Lundeen, Flagg & Fulmer, Coral Gables, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse an order denying Lanahan Lumber's motion for attorney's fees following an arbitration award on breach of contract claims.

At the hearing on the motion, McDevitt argued that it should not be required to pay attorney's fees to Lanahan Lumber as the prevailing party, despite a contract provision which effectively1 would authorize an award of such fees. McDevitt's basis for opposing the fees was its attorney...

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