STARITA v. WEST PUTNAM POST NUMBER

No. 95-633.

666 So.2d 278 (1996)

Gloria STARITA, personal representative, etc., Appellant, v. WEST PUTNAM POST NUMBER 10164, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Kann of Terence J. Kann, P.A., Gainesville, for Appellant.

Shelley H. Leinicke of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham Lane & Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.


W. SHARP, Judge.

Starita appeals from a cost judgment which awarded the appellee, West Putnam Post Number 10164 (defendant below) $5,030.83. Starita argues on appeal that $3,144.38 awarded for expert witness fees should be stricken because appellee presented no witness or other qualified expert to testify as to the necessity or reasonableness of the expert witness fees awarded. We agree.

The only proof in this record to sustain the fee award is an affidavit...

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