LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. v. FRENCH

No. 3D08-1525.

12 So.3d 786 (2009)

LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Lynn FRENCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shook, Hardy & Bacon and William P. Geraghty; Greenberg Traurig and Elliot H. Scherker and David L. Ross and Daniel M. Samson, for appellant.

Grover & Weinstein and Marvin Weinstein, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, C.J., and CORTIÑAS and SALTER, JJ.


SALTER, J.

Lorillard Tobacco Company appeals a final circuit court order awarding over five years of statutory prejudgment interest to the attorneys for a plaintiff, appellee Lynn French, on an award of attorney's fees and costs.1 That award was entered because the plaintiff had made a qualifying offer of judgment and proposal for settlement pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 and...

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