Ward v. Collier County

ALTENBERND, Chief Judge.

Owen M. Ward, individually and as trustee under a declaration of land trust dated June 18,1986, appeals a circuit court order that denies his request for an award of attorneys’ fees based upon the value of a nonmonetary benefit his attorneys achieved in the settlement of an eminent domain proceeding. Although we are inclined to believe that the nonmonetary benefit achieved in this case had some economic value, the record supports the circuit court’s decision that Mr. Ward did not quantify that benefit with reasonable certainty as required by section 73.092(2)(b),…