Boswell v. Shirley's Personal Care Services of Okeechobee, Inc.

A remand for allocation of an attorney’s fees award brings this case back to us for a second time. In our prior decision, we *211affirmed the defendants’ entitlement to attorney’s fees, limited to defense of the plaintiffs injunctive relief claims. On remand, the trial court awarded no attorney’s fees to the defendants. The defendants now appeal. We find merit in their argument that the court exceeded the scope of our mandate upon remand. We therefore reverse.

This litigation arose from a dispute over a non-compete agreement. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief and damages against the…