ALBERT v. DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 99-0387.

763 So.2d 1130 (1999)

Mounir ALBERT, D.D.S., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BOARD OF DENTISTRY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Opinion Granting Rehearing February 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max R. Price of Solms & Price, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Kathryn L. Kasprzak of the Agency for Health Care Administration, Tallahassee, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant, a dentist, was the subject of a disciplinary proceeding involving a dispute as to whether he had improperly refused to furnish copies of dental records to a patient. After the case was dismissed, he filed a petition for attorney's fees under section 57.111, Florida Statutes (1997), which the administrative law judge denied. We reverse.

Section 57.111 authorizes the recovery of attorney's fees against the state, in some cases, by a "prevailing...

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