Vellef v. Control-O-Fax Corp.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ANTOON, Judge.
The trial court entered final judgment in favor of appellee, Control-O-Fax Corporation, because appellant, Thomas Vellef, M.D., failed to pay two promissory notes. The judgment included an award of prejudgment interest and attorney’s fees. There is no contractual or statutory basis to justify these two awards, therefore we must reverse.
With regard to the assessment of prejudgment interest, Control-O-Fax concedes that the trial court’s award of prejudgment interest was improper because Control-O-Fax failed to introduce any evidence concerning the date upon which the first demand…
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