STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SKIDMORE

No. 97-4219.

720 So.2d 1125 (1998)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Robert J. SKIDMORE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Leslie and Marianne A. Trussell, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jack J. Aiello and Leigh E. Dunston of Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart, P. A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


POLEN, Judge.

The Florida Department of Transportation ("DOT") timely appeals three final orders awarding $900,000 in attorney's fees, $52,180 in taxable costs, and $56,400 in expert appraisal costs in favor of Robert Skidmore ("Skidmore"). With the exception of certain taxable costs awarded, we reverse the orders.

This case arises out of an eminent domain proceeding necessitated by the building of the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart. Skidmore owned several parcels...

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