Legal Opinion
Trytek v. Gale Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 26, 2009No. SC07-1641PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPariente, J.
In Gale Industries, Inc. v. Trytek, 960 So.2d 805 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007), the Fifth Disti’ict Court of Appeal ruled on statutory attorneys’ fees in construction lien actions and certified a question of great public importance. We thérefore have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We rephrase the certified question as follows:
Where a lienor obtains a judgment against a property owner in an action to enforce a construction lien brought pursuant to section 718.29, Florida Statutes (2005), are trial courts required to apply the “significant issues” test articulated in Prosperi v. Code,…
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