EFFECTIVE TELESERVICES, INC. v. SMITH

Nos. 4D11-2264, 4D11-4481.

132 So.3d 335 (2014)

EFFECTIVE TELESERVICES, INC., and Dilip Barot, Appellants, v. Allerd Charles SMITH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. Richardson of Clyatt & Richardson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant Effective Teleservices, Inc.

Larry A. Klein of Holland & Knight, LLP, West Palm Beach, and E. Cole Fitzgerald, III , and James Burnham of Fitzgerald, Mayans & Cook, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant Dilip Barot.

John Beranek , Robert N. Clarke and Richard Doran of Ausley & McMullen, Tallahassee, and Peter M. Feaman of Peter M. Feaman, P.A., Boynton Beach, for appellee.


MAY, J.

In this consolidated appeal, a company and board chair appeal attorneys' fees and cost judgments resulting from an employment dispute. Discovery violations in the underlying litigation resulted in a default judgment on liability in favor of the employee. A subsequent motion for attorneys' fees and costs resulted in a second and third judgment against the company and board chair. From these attorneys' fees and cost judgments, the company and board chair appeal...

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