Legal Opinion

Association Employers Insurance Co. v. American Excavating & PSI, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 3, 1997No. 96-3053PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GOSHORN, Judge.

Association Employers Insurance Company appeals the judgments for attorney’s fees and costs entered against it in favor of appel-lees American Excavating and PSI, Inc. under section 768.79, Florida Statutes, which provides for attorney’s fees in certain eases where an offer of judgment is not accepted. At the time the trial court entered its judgment, it did not have the benefit of the supreme court’s opinion in MX Investments, Inc. v. Crawford, 700 So.2d 640 (Fla.1997), which clarifies that no entitlement to attorney’s fees arises under section 768.79 unless the ease is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. MX INVESTMENTS INC. v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Florida · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Scherer Construction & Engineering of Central Florida, LLC v. Scott Partnership Architecture, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014

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