1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 650 So.2d
  5. 650 So.2d 142 (1995)
 

CITY OF PUNTA GORDA v. BURNT STORE

No. 94-00936.

650 So.2d 142 (1995)

CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, Appellant, v. BURNT STORE HOTEL, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. David Johnson of Law Offices of E. David Johnson, Punta Gorda, for appellant.

David A. Holmes of Farr, Farr, Emerich, Sifrit, Hackett & Carr, P.A., Punta Gorda, for appellee.

BLUE, Judge.

This appeal comes to us from an order assessing attorney's fees against the City of Punta Gorda and in favor of Burnt Store Hotel, Inc. The City contests the assessment and Burnt Store cross-appeals the trial court's failure to enhance the lodestar fee award. Because the trial resulted in a defense or no damage judgment and the cause of action accrued in 1987, before the 1990 amendment to Florida Statute section 768.79, we conclude the trial court erred...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases