Legal Opinion
Regions Bank v. Rhodes
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 20, 2013No. 4D13-72PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCiklin, J.
The appellant, Regions Bank (“Regions”), appeals the trial court’s order denying the bank’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs under its proposal for settlement. Regions argues that the court erred in finding the proposal was premature and thus invalid under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442(b). We affirm because, like the trial judge, we find the proposal for settlement was served less than ninety days after the action commenced as to Regions, and thus the proposal was not in compliance with the rule.
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