CITIBANK FEDERAL SAV. BANK v. SANDEL

No. 4D99-0683.

766 So.2d 302 (2000)

CITIBANK FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK, f/k/a Citicorp Savings of Florida, Appellant, v. Fred I. SANDEL and Rosalyn L. Sandel, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Ellison of the Law Office of Broad and Cassel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

James A. Bonfiglio, Boynton Beach, for appellees.


KLEIN, J.

Citibank appeals an order awarding attorney's fees in a federal truth-in-lending act case, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et. seq. (TILA). Citibank raises two issues: (1) whether the lodestar number should have been reduced because of issues on which the Sandels did not prevail; and (2) whether the hourly rate was excessive. We affirm those issues without discussion but write to explain why we are granting the Sandels' motion for attorney's fees on appeal.

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