COFFIE v. DISTRICT BD. OF TRUSTEES

No. 98-2478.

739 So.2d 148 (1999)

Yvonnie COFFIE, Appellant, v. DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, and Max Lombard, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Mack, and R. Hugh Lumpkin, and Jack R. Reiter, Miami, for appellant.

Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, and Philip D. Parrish, and Karen A. Brimmer, Miami, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, SHEVIN, and SORONDO, JJ.


NESBITT, J.

Yvonnie Coffie appeals from the section of the final judgment below denying her Motion for Attorney's Fees, despite the judgment in her favor in a breach of contract suit for "back pay." We agree with Coffie that this denial of attorney's fees was erroneous and, therefore, reverse that portion of the judgment, remanding to the trial court for a determination of the proper amount of fees.

Coffie had been employed since 1979 at the registrar's office...

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