Porteous v. Fowler
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
We affirm each of the summary final judgments involved in these consolidated appeals, finding that no cause of action was sustained, nor, indeed, stated, as to any of the defendants below and that there are no genuine, material issues of fact.
We reverse the judgments awarding attorneys’ fees on behalf of appellees, Har-grave and Fowler. In each instance the award was based upon Section 57.105 Florida Statutes. The amended complaint was filed in January, 1978, five months prior to the effective date of that statute. We determine that the statute has no retroactive effect, for the reasons…
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