CARDONA v. BENTON EXP., INC.

Nos. 3D01-2080, 3D01-1767.

804 So.2d 505 (2001)

Augustine CARDONA, Appellant, v. BENTON EXPRESS, INC., and G & C Cartage Co., Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex B. Guthrie, Miami, for appellant.

Pedisich & Llorente, and John Burke, Jr., Miami; and Richard A. Sherman, and Rosemary B. Wilder, Fort Lauderdale; and Josephs, Jack, Gaebe, Miranda & Cole, and Hugh J. Connolly, Miami, for appellees.

Before COPE, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Plaintiff Augustine Cardona appeals a summary final judgment in favor of defendants Benton Express and G & C Cartage, the denial of leave to amend, and an award of attorney's fees to the defendants. The defendants cross-appeal the denial of attorney's fees against Cardona's attorney. We affirm the granting of summary judgment and the denial of leave to amend, but reverse the award of attorney's fees.

Cardona's suit arose from a shipment of...

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