PREVETTE v. DEPALMA

No. 4D04-444.

893 So.2d 658 (2005)

William Robert PREVETTE, Appellant, v. Michelle Marie DEPALMA, and Stephen Depalma, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gomez of the Law Offices of Roland Gomez, Miami Lakes, for appellant.

Brenda J. Carter, Fort Lauderdale, and Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


FARMER, C.J.

The defendant in a personal injury action appeals an order denying a motion for attorney's fees, to which he claims entitlement under two offers of settlement he made to plaintiffs. The trial court found the offers ambiguous. We reverse.

The two offers were identical in form and content except for the names of the offerees and the amounts. Omitting only formal and immaterial parts, they said:

"The Defendant hereby proposes to offer __________...

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