Legal Opinion
Coastal Fuels Marketing, Inc. v. Florida Express Shipping Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 2000No. 98-4455, 98-4937, 98-5108 and 98-5188PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal arises from a dispute about entitlement to insurance proceeds and attorney’s fees. We affirm the judgment except that, because the court failed to determine whether the amount of attorney’s fees requested by Defendant Florida Express Shipping Co. (“Express”) for the work of its out-of-state counsel was reasonable, we must vacate and remand on that issue.
BACKGROUND
In 1998, Plaintiff, Coastal Fuels Marketing, Inc. (“Coastal”), entered into a bare-boat charter agreement with Express to charter the MV Florida Express for four years. In 1995, the MV Florida Express caught fire and was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Moritz v. Hoyt Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1992
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