Godbey v. Walsh

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant seeks review of a trial court order awarding $43,750 in attorney fees pursuant to entry of a $75,000 consent judgment. The consent judgment was entered after a 1986 offer of judgment. The issues on appeal are (1) whether appellee was entitled to attorney fees under Section 768.56, Florida Statutes, when the statute had been repealed by the time the offer of judgment was made, (2) whether appellee was a prevailing party within the meaning of the statute, and (3) whether appellee was entitled to attorney fees when the offer of judgment did not provide for them and the…