EFFECTIVE TELESERVICES, INC. v. SMITH

No. 4D08-1329.

16 So.3d 256 (2009)

EFFECTIVE TELESERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation, and Dilip Barot, individually, and Creative Infocity, Inc., as General Partner of Creative Infocity, Ltd., a Florida Limited Partnership, Appellants, v. Allerd Charles SMITH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. Richardson of Clyatt & Richardson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Glenn M. Rissman and Anya M. Kudszus of Hodgson Russ LLP, and Peter M. Feaman of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Boca Raton, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, GEORGE A., Senior Judge.

Appellants challenge a partial final judgment on sanctions awarding attorney's fees to appellee predicated on discovery abuses by appellant. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Appellee and his lead counsel agreed that counsel's hourly rate would be $300.00 per hour. Throughout the course of the proceedings, the attorney billed appellee $300.00 per hour.

The trial court found the attorney reasonably expended 219...

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