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SLAPIKAS v. LLORENTE

No. 4D99-3823.

766 So.2d 440 (2000)

Raymond E. SLAPIKAS and Apollo Systems, Inc., Appellants, v. Carlos M. LLORENTE, P.A., and Carlos M. Llorente, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Edwards, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Carlos M. Llorente of Carlos M. Llorente, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Marina Garcia Wood of Montero, Finizio, Velasquez & Reyes, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

KLEIN, J.

Appellants were plaintiffs in a legal malpractice action against appellees. After the trial court dismissed the malpractice case on the ground that the statute of limitations had run, the court entered the order which is the subject of this appeal, awarding attorney's fees pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1997). We reverse.

Under section 57.105, Florida Statutes, a court can award attorney's fees where it finds "a total or absolute lack...

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