CHAPMAN v. LAITNER

Nos. 3D00-3342, 3D01-789.

809 So.2d 51 (2002)

Linda Rice CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. Morton LAITNER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Shooster and Nancy Little Hoffmann, for appellant.

Dittmar & Hauser and Helen Ann Hauser, for appellee.

Richard E. Johnson, for the National Employment Lawyers Association, Florida Chapter, as amicus curiae.

Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and FLETCHER, JJ.


GODERICH, Judge.

Linda Rice Chapman filed suit against Morton Laitner pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a civil rights violation. Following extensive discovery, the trial court granted Laitner's motion for final summary judgment. Thereafter, the trial court granted Laitner's motion for attorney's fees pursuant to section 768.79, Florida Statutes (2000), and Rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, based on Laitner's offer of judgment. Chapman's appeal...

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