Legal Opinion

JOHN PETERSON and DANIELLE PETERSON v. HECHT CONSULTING CORP.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 9, 2017No. 4D16-1329Published

1Opinion of the CourtDamoorgian, J.

Appellants, John and Danielle Peterson, appeal a prevailing party fee and cost judgment entered in favor of Appellee, Hecht Consulting Corp. We affirm the court’s prevailing party determination and lodestar calculation without further comment, but remand for a reduction of the lodestar amount upon consideration of the results obtained.

By way of background, Appellants retained Appellee as their public adjuster after their home was damaged by a 2005 hurricane. The contract between the parties provided that Appellants agreed to assign Appellee 10% of the insurance proceeds they recovered for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. RoweSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. Eckhardt v. 424 Hintze Management, LLCDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. Jomar Properties, L.L.C., and Accredited Surety And Casualty Company, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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