Legal Opinion

Concrete & Lumber Enterprises Corp. v. Guaranty Business Credit Corp.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 21, 2002No. 3D01-2859PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Judge.

Concrete & Lumber Enterprises, Corp. [C & L] seeks to reverse a final order granting them costs but denying attorney’s fees. We affirm.

C & L entered into a requirements contract with Fairmont Re-Bar Fabricators, Inc. [Fairmont]. The contract provided for the unilateral recovery of attorney’s fees by Fairmont if it was the prevailing party in any collection action. Fairmont subsequently went into bankruptcy and Guaranty Business Credit Corporation [Guaranty] took over collection of Fairmont’s accounts receivable. In so attempting, Guaranty filed a complaint against C & L for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stockman v. DownsSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  2. Thornber v. City of Ft. Walton BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. Protean Investors, Inc. v. Travel Etc., Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  4. Bowman v. CorbettDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

3Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Goldfisher v. Ivax Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Ago, Florida Attorney General Reports2005
  4. Martin County Conservation Alliance v. Martin CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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