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EVE'S GARDEN, INC. v. UPSHAW & UPSHAW, INC.

No. 2D00-4930.

801 So.2d 976 (2001)

EVE'S GARDEN, INC., Eugene Manson Johnson, and Evie Johnson, Appellants, v. UPSHAW & UPSHAW, INC., Regan Upshaw, and Ayesha Upshaw, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Williams and John A. Schifino of Williams, Schifino, Mangione & Steady, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Marie Tomassi and Michael K. Green of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellees.

ALTENBERND, Acting Chief Judge.

The defendants, Eve's Garden, Inc., Eugene Manson Johnson, and Evie Johnson, appeal a judgment awarding attorneys' fees in the amount of $18,000 to the plaintiffs, Upshaw & Upshaw, Inc., Regan Upshaw, and Ayesha Upshaw, as a sanction for violating an order compelling discovery. The defendants raise three challenges to the amount of the award. Because the fee award was in the nature of a sanction, we reject the arguments that the...

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