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THE POMPANO LEDGER INC. v. THE GREATER POMPANO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMM. INC.

No. 4D00-3943.

802 So.2d 438 (2001)

THE POMPANO LEDGER, INC., Appellant, v. THE GREATER POMPANO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC., Al Seifert and Kay McGinn, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Ross Shulmister, Pompano Beach, for appellant.

Steven G. Schwartz of Schwartz & Horwitz, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellees.

John R. Gillespie of Gillespie, Goldman & Kronengold, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, co-counsel for appellee The Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

WARNER, J.

Appellant challenges a final summary judgment and an award of attorney's fees in a cause of action for defamation and intentional interference with a business relationship. We affirm the final summary judgment but reverse the order applying a contingency risk multiplier to an award of attorney's fees to appellee ("defendant") entered pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2000).

Although we approve the authority of the court to award fees...

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