DOWNEY v. SURF CLUB APARTMENTS, INC.

No. 96-1862.

689 So.2d 348 (1997)

John E. DOWNEY, Appellant, v. The SURF CLUB APARTMENTS, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomson Muraro Razook & Hart and Steven W. Davis and Carol A. Licko, Miami, for appellant.

Marc Hauser, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and FLETCHER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

After The Surf Club Apartments, Inc. [Surf Club] filed its complaint, John E. Downey filed a counterclaim seeking, inter alia, attorney's fees if he prevailed. Surf Club then amended its complaint to include a claim for attorney's fees if it prevailed. However, neither party was entitled to attorney's fees as fees were not authorized by statute, provided for by contract, or awardable for services performed by an attorney in creating or bringing...

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