Anchor Towing, Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation

Anchor Towing, Inc., seeks to reverse the administrative final order awarding Sunshine Towing, Inc.’s attorney’s fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2005). We find that Sunshine did not comply with the mandatory notice requirements of section 57.105 and, therefore, reverse and remand.

This final chapter of the long and contentious dispute between these two parties arises out of Anchor and Sunshine’s competing bids to be awarded the Florida Department of Transportation’s contract to provide highway assistance service to disabled motorists on certain highways in Miami-Dade County. After…