ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD. v. COX

No. 3D09-2712.

137 So.3d 1157 (2014)

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD., Appellant, v. Byron COX, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Domingo C. Rodriguez ; Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein and Mark Hicks and Dinah Stein and Erik P. Bartenhagen , Miami, for appellant.

William F. Fabra ; Luis A. Perez ; Elizabeth K. Russo , Miami, and Susan S. Lerner , for appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and WELLS, SUAREZ, ROTHENBERG, LAGOA, SALTER, EMAS, FERNANDEZ, LOGUE, and SCALES, JJ.


ON MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

LAGOA, J.

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. ("RCCL") appeals an order awarding seaman Byron Cox attorney's fees pursuant to Florida's offer of judgment statute, section 768.79, Florida Statutes (1997), following a jury verdict in his favor in an admiralty case. On August 22, 2012, we affirmed the order awarding fees, relying on Royal Caribbean Corp. v. Modesto, 614 So.2d 517 (Fla. 3d...

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