BREVARD COUNTY BD. OF COUNTY COMR'S v. HARRIS

No. 94-1205.

657 So.2d 1233 (1995)

BREVARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Appellant, v. John HARRIS, Esquire, Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Varley, Asst. County Atty., Viera, for appellant.

Emeline C. Acton, County Atty., and Suzanne T. Smith, Sr. Asst. County Atty., Clearwater, amicus curiae, for Florida Ass'n of County Attys., Inc.

John M. Harris of Holland, Starling, Severs, Stadler & Friedland, P.A., Titusville, for appellee John Harris.

Eric D. Dunlap, Asst. Dist. Legal Counsel, Orlando, for appellee Dept. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.


GOSHORN, Judge.

Brevard County Board of County Commissioners ("Brevard County") appeals the final judgment awarding John M. Harris attorney's fees and costs arising out of his representation of Ebba Dorothy Lynch ("Lynch") pursuant to a court order appointing him as her attorney ad litem. We affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. Seventy-eight year old Lynch lived by herself in her own home. She suffered from numerous health problems including diabetes, congestive...

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