ALVARADO v. CASSARINO

No. 96-04871.

706 So.2d 380 (1998)

Tomas ALVARADO and Haines City Industries, Inc., Appellants, v. Harry A. CASSARINO and Suzanne M. Cassarino, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Powell, Jr., of Law Offices of J.A. Setchel, Tampa, for Appellants.

James C. Valenti of Gibson & Valenti, Lake Wales, for Appellee Suzanne M. Cassarino.


FULMER, Judge.

In this appeal, the defendants in a personal injury action challenge the trial court's computation of the attorney's fees awarded to plaintiffs' counsel after a judgment was obtained in an amount greater than 25% of the plaintiffs' demand. We reverse because the trial court erred by enhancing the initial lodestar figure by application of both a results obtained factor and a contingency risk multiplier.

No challenge is made to the trial court...

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