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STATE DEPT. OF HIGHWAY SAFETY v. TRAUTH

Nos. 3D09-1486, 3D09-1487, 3D09-1488.

41 So.3d 916 (2010)

The STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellant, v. Jason TRAUTH, Luis Llamas, Nicholas Martin and Keith Whitehead, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Lotane, General Counsel, and Jason Helfant, Assistant General Counsel, for appellant.

Michael A. Catalano, for appellees.

Before COPE, WELLS, and SALTER, JJ.

SALTER, J.

In these three consolidated cases, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (Department) appeals circuit court appellate division judgments awarding attorney's fees and costs to the appellees' counsel. We reverse, finding no legally sufficient statutory, contractual, or other predicate for the imposition of such fees and costs.1

The underlying cases involved administrative driver's license suspensions...

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