Legal Opinion
Cox v. Great American Insurance
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 30, 2012No. 4D10-5155PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
GROSS, J.
We grant appellant’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion that issued on March 21, 2012, and issue the following opinion.
*1049We reverse a final judgment (1) awarding attorney’s fees as a sanction under a Florida Rule of Civil Procedure for failure to comply with the procedural requirement of specificity and (2) awarding fees for litigating the amount of the fee, as opposed to just the entitlement to it.
Brenda Cox appeals an attorney’s fee award assessed under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.730(c), which provides:(c) Imposition of Sanctions. In the event of…
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- National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. PalmaSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
- Moakley v. SmallwoodSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Bitterman v. BittermanSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
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3Cited by2 opinions
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