Legal Opinion
River Bridge Corp v. American Somax Ventures
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 30, 2011No. Nos. 4D09-1589, 4D10-857PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
Prior to reversal of a judgment of $8,573,804 in favor of appellee, American Somax Ventures (“ASV”), the trial court *988entered an award of attorney’s fees to the ASV of $3,553,376.09, based upon a lodestar amount and a Rowe contingency factor of 2.0. When the final judgment was reversed, the appellants moved for relief from the attorney’s fee judgment, because of the reversal of the underlying judgment. The trial court denied the same without a hearing. We reverse, concluding that a hearing is necessary to determine the proper attorney’s fee award.
The protracted dispute in this case arose out…
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