MENDELSON v. OCEANIA CLUB, INC.

No. 3D99-3150.

766 So.2d 1079 (2000)

Isaac MENDELSON, Klara Mendelson, His Wife, Irina Raytsin, and Borislava Raytsin, Appellants, v. OCEANIA CLUB, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex B. Guthrie, Miami, for appellants.

Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart and Virginia Herrero Pagliery and Julie E. Nevins, Tallahassee; Mark Evans Kass, Miami, for appellee.

Before GODERICH, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We find no merit in the substantive issues raised by Appellants. We do, however, agree with their position that the attorneys' fee award in this case is unreasonable.

The amount in controversy in this case, including interest, was $6,927.39. The attorneys' fee awarded was $6,216.48. In light of the fact that this foreclosure action was, for all practical purposes, unopposed, this award was excessive. At oral argument, counsel for Oceania Club,...

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