GILES v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES

No. 1D21-324.

317 So.3d 1287 (2021)

Matthew GILES, Appellant, v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis K. Rosenbloum of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola; Robert N. Heath, Jr. of Robert N. Heath, Jr., P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Robert E. Sickles and John P. Gaset of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Tampa, for Appellee.


In this case involving a consumer credit card agreement, Appellant argues that public policy in Florida entitles him to reciprocal attorney's fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes, even though the agreement contains a unilateral fee provision and a choice-of-law provision applying the laws of the State of South Dakota (which allows one...

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