Burtman v. Porchester Holdings, Inc.

STONE, Judge.

We reverse an order in this interpleader action denying Appellant’s claims for fees and costs based on an offer of judgment. It is undisputed that section 768.79, Florida Statutes, applies only to actions for money damages. The essential issue in this ease involved the competing claims to funds deposited in the court registry between Appel-lee-Porchester Holdings, a judgment creditor of John Faro, and Burtman, the trustee under a family trust to whom Faro had assigned his claims to the interplead funds. The fund constitutes a refund of attorney’s fees owed Faro by the…