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INTERNATIONAL MARINE CO-OP, LTD. v. CENTRO NAUTICO REPRESENTACOES NAUTICAS, LDA

No. 94,530.

761 So.2d 279 (1999)

INTERNATIONAL MARINE CO-OP, LTD., etc., Petitioner, v. CENTRO NAUTICO REPRESENTACOES NAUTICAS, LDA, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus H. Carratt of Morgan, Carratt and O'Connor, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner.

John Beranek of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, Florida; Patricia S. Sechan of Barnett & Barnard, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and William F. Cobb, Pompano Beach, Florida, for Respondents.

PARIENTE, J.

We have for review a decision certifying the following question to be of great public importance:

Is a contingency risk multiplier inapplicable to a court awarded attorney's fee where the only authority for fees is predicated on a contractual provision and not a statute?

Centro Nautico Representacoes Nauticas, LDA. v. International Marine Co-op, Ltd., 719 So.2d 967, 971 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)....

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