Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 20, 1998No. 96-2797PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Judge.
F. Larry Joseph appeals an order entered pursuant to section 448.08, Florida Statutes, awarding attorney’s fees to Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company* 'Joseph’s former employer. We reverse based on our determination that section 448.08* which allows a court to award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in an action for unpaid wages, applies to actions to recover accrued but unpaid wages, and doés not apply in an action for breach of an employment contract where the damages are unacerued wages.
Joseph sued Commonwealth, alleging that Commonwealth breached a contract to…
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