STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. LOCKHART

No. 5D04-3654.

909 So.2d 590 (2005)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. J. William LOCKHART and Isabelle S. Lockhart, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela S. Leslie and Gregory G. Costas of Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert M. Daisley of Robert Michael Daisley, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


PALMER, J.

Florida's Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals the final order entered by the trial court awarding landowners, William and Isabelle Lockhart, the attorney's fees which were incurred in litigating the amount of expert fees owed by the State in an eminent domain proceeding. Concluding that the award of attorney's fees was proper, we affirm.

DOT filed a petition against the Lockharts asserting a claim of eminent domain over two parcels of their...

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