Legal Opinion
Inland Dredging Co. v. Panama City Port Authority
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided December 28, 2005No. 5:04CV280-RH/WCSPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DETERMINING ENTITLEMENT TO ATTORNEY’S FEES
HINKLE, Chief Judge.
This construction contract dispute, encompassing both plaintiffs complaint and defendant’s counterclaim, has been tried to the court. A judgment has been entered for plaintiff in an amount substantially less than plaintiff sought. Plaintiff has moved for an order determining its entitlement to attorney’s fees. I grant the motion in part, concluding that plaintiff is entitled to recover fees reasonably incurred on claims that are within the scope of a contractual attorney’s fee provision and on which plaintiff prevailed, but…
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