HARRIS SPECIALTY CHEMICALS v. PUNTO AZUL

No. 3D08-1340.

12 So.3d 809 (2009)

HARRIS SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC., et al., Appellants, v. PUNTO AZUL S.A. de C.V., etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, Stanley B. Price, Michael N. Kreitzer, David N. Arizmendi, and Shawn A. Heller, for appellants.

Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, Robert Zarco, and Robert Salkowski; Hagans Burdine Montgomery Rustay & Winchester, Kendal C. Montgomery, and Vincent Lee Marable, III (Houston, Tex.); Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc., and Ricardo G. Cedillo (San Antonio, Tex.), for appellee.

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


GERSTEN, C.J.

Harris Specialty Chemicals, Inc., together with other defendants (collectively "Harris") appeal the trial court's order denying their motion for attorney's fees under section 768.79, Florida Statutes (2007), and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442, the offer of judgment statute and rule, in favor of plaintiff, Punto Azul S.A. de C.V. ("Punto Azul"). We reverse.

Harris asserts that the trial court erred in finding the settlement proposal ambiguous...

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