FOREST RIVER INC. v. GELINAS

No. 4D10-986.

65 So.3d 537 (2011)

FOREST RIVER INC., Appellant, v. Joseph GELINAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Glenn and Wilnar J. Paul of AndersonGlenn, LLC, Boca Raton, for appellant.

Patrick St. George Cousins of Cousins Law Firm, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

On a return trip to this court, the manufacturer appeals a judgment consisting of attorney's fees incurred during the arbitration of the refund option in a Lemon Law claim. It argues the trial court erred in its award of attorney's fees for that arbitration proceeding. We agree and reverse.

This litigation began after the consumer successfully secured a refund of his 1999 vehicle from Florida's New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board. Nine months later...

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