Legal Opinion
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. v. Cox
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 9, 2014No. 3D09-2712PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
LAGOA, J.
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (“RCCL”) appeals an order awarding seaman Byron Cox attorney’s fees pursuant to Florida’s offer of judgment statute, section 768.79, Florida Statutes (1997), following a jury verdict in his favor in an admiralty case. On August 22, 2012, we affirmed the order awarding fees, relying on Royal Caribbean Corp. v. Modesto, 614 So.2d 517 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992). RCCL seeks rehearing en banc, requesting that this Court recede from Modesto. We grant RCCL’s motion for rehearing en banc, withdraw our prior opinion and substitute the…
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