Baron v. Fieldstone

This is an appeal by counsel for the plaintiff in a breach of contract action from an adverse trial court order which assesses attorney’s fees under Section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1989), and requires said counsel to pay a portion of said fees. We reverse the order under review upon a holding that counsel acted in good faith based on representations from his client, the plaintiff, which tended to establish that the plaintiff was a third-party beneficiary of a contract of appraisal entered into by the defendant and plaintiff’s debtor. The plaintiff told counsel that the defendant was well…