Legal Opinion

TROY W. KLEIN v. ALAN D. ROMAN AND DEBORAH W. ROMAN

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 6, 2017No. 4D15-4783 and 16-1880Published

1Opinion of the CourtForst, J.

Appellant Troy Klein makes several arguments on appeal related to the trial court’s order granting Appellee Alan Roman’s motion to release Appellant’s charging lien and award sanctions. We write only to address two of Appellant’s arguments on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred by awarding attorney’s fees to Appellee without eliciting the testimony of an independent expert, and (2) whether the court erred by failing to expressly apply the “lodestar” method to calculate those fees. We find the first argument meritless, but reverse, the second. We affirm all other issues on appeal without…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sheila Diwaker v. Montecito Palm Beach Condominium AssociationDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. Simhoni v. ChamblissDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. DM Records, Inc. v. TURNPIKE COMMERCIAL PLAZA, PHASE II, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  4. Benito San Pedro and Daisy San Pedro v. Law Office of Paul Burkhart and The Claridges Condominium, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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