Allen Morris Construction Co. v. Salazar

The Allen Morris Construction Company, Inc., appeals an attorney’s fee judgment entered in construction litigation. We affirm.

The plaintiff-appellant contractor brought suit against the defendants-appel-lees, the Salazars (“owners”), to foreclose a mechanic’s lien under chapter 713, Florida Statutes, and for other relief. The contractor had agreed to renovate the owners’ house. The owners counterclaimed for breach of the construction contract and asserted that the contractor had filed a *361fraudulent claim of lien in violation of section 718.31, Florida Statutes (1995).

The contractor pled a…