Legal Opinion
Oldcastle Southern Group, Inc. v. Railworks Track System Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 21, 2017No. CASE NO. 1D17-48PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBilbrey, J.
Railworks Track Systems, Inc., the plaintiff at trial, sent a proposal for settlement1 by email to Oldcastle Southern Group, Inc., the defendant. The proposal was received by Oldcastle, not accepted, and then following trial Railworks received a judgment more than 25 percent.greater than the amount demanded in the proposal. See § 768.79(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). Old-castle contends the proposal had to be served in accordance with rule 2.516, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, and since it was not Railworks was not entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees. We hold that the proposal did not…
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