PELAEZ v. PERSONS

No. 94-03071.

664 So.2d 1022 (1995)

Arnaldo PELAEZ, Appellant, v. Roy W. PERSONS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Dennis Pelaez, Tampa, for Appellant.

David B. Weinstein, V. Stephen Cohen, and Ricardo A. Roig, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Arnaldo Pelaez appeals an order requiring him to pay Roy W. Persons more than $28,000.00 in attorneys' fees pursuant to section 45.061, Florida Statutes (1987). We hold that the trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees in excess of $7,200.00. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with instructions that the trial court enter judgment in that amount, with interest from June 8, 1994.

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