FANELLI v. HSBC BANK USA

No. 4D13-4111.

170 So.3d 72 (2015)

Mary C. FANELLI, Appellant, v. HSBC BANK USA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Trent Steele of Law Offices of W. Trent Steele, Hobe Sound , and Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for appellant.

Kimberly Hopkins and Ronald M. Gaché of Shapiro, Fishman & Gaché, LLP, Tampa, for appellee.


We reverse an order denying attorney's fees in a mortgage foreclosure case and hold that an answer that handled attorney's fees in the same manner as the applicable version of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure Form 1.944 for a complaint was sufficient to support a motion for attorney's fees after a dismissal.

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