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STATE v. EQUIPMENT ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 92-220.

611 So.2d 1370 (1993)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. EQUIPMENT ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Craig B. Willis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We agree with the State that the trial court's order, directing the State to pay attorney's fees for its sixty percent interest in a punitive damage award, contravenes section 768.73(4), Florida Statutes (1991),1 and Gordon v. State, 608 So.2d 800 (Fla. 1992), as the contract for representation was entered into after the effective date of the statute. Accordingly, the cause is reversed...

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