Leonard v. Roth
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Concurrence
HURLEY, Judge,
specially concurring.
I join in the court’s affirmance of this case because the record discloses that trial counsel for appellants/third party defendants agreed in writing to settle the case for a specific sum and then stated:
We do believe that you are entitled to some attorney’s fees, but certainly not that exceeds the amount of the original claim. We will be happy to submit a check to you settling the original claim and let the court set your attorney’s fee if you still claim it.
Based on the foregoing, appellees/third party plaintiffs settled for the agreed sum and concurred in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Martel v. CarlsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- Florida Antilles Properties, N. V. v. Rose & Rose, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
- American Mortgage Corp. v. LordDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971