Chiquita Kiara Floyd v. Stacy L. Smith, Jason Owen Smith

Appellant challenges the trial court’s final judgment awarding costs and attorney’s fees, pursuant to section 768.79, Florida Statutes, and rule 1.442, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, on grounds that the pre-trial proposal for settlement 1 by the defendants failed to strictly comply with the law and the rule, and was thus insufficient to support the award of costs and fees in the final judgment. Because the defense proposal for settlement did strictly comply with section 768.79 and rule 1.442, we affirm the final judgment on appeal.

Appellant brought her negligence action seeking monetary…