Legal Opinion
Wapnick v. Veterans Council of Indian River County, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 28, 2013No. 4D12-2674PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLINGENSMITH, MARK W., Associate Judge.
The appellant, Larry Wapnick, appeals from an order requiring him to pay attorneys’ fees incurred by the appellees Veterans Council of Indian River County, Inc. (“Veterans Council”), John Michael Matthews, and Paul Teresi as a sanction pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2008). The trial court held that all the appellees were entitled to recover their attorney’s fees from the inception of the claim to the date of the order awarding entitlement. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the trial court’s order imposing fees against Wapnick.
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