ERWIN HUNTER, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Adams v. AETNA Cas. & Sur. Co., 574 So. 2d 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991)
  …ending on the scope of the agents undertaking. Seascape of Hickory Point Condominium Association v. Associated Insurances Services, Inc., 443 So. 2d 488 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984); Woodham v. Moore, 428 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Sheridan v. Greenberg, 391 So. 2d 234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). The trial' court correctly determined that Bacon was under a duty of care to Mr. Adams in this case based on the evidence of their relationship and the scope of Bacon’s undertaking. Bacon’s duty to Mr. Adams to exercise due care…
• Steinhardt v. E. Shores White House Ass'n, Inc., 413 So. 2d 785 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
  …be granted only pursuant to contract or statute. Any statute allowing an award of fees will be strictly construed. Roberts v. Carter, 350 So. 2d 78 (Fla.1977); Sunbeam Enterprises, Inc. v. Upthegrove, 316 So. 2d 34 (Fla.1975); Sheridan v. Greenberg, 391 So. 2d 234 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). The statute in question is concise. It empowers the court to: . . . award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party in any civil action in which the court finds that there was a complete absence of justiciable issue o…
• Miller v. Colonial Baking Co. OF Ala. & Am. Motorists Ins. Co., 402 So. 2d 1365 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
  …. See Richardson, 343 So. 2d at 679-80. REVERSED. ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C. J., and JOA-NOS, J., concur. * Of course, there are “exceptions” to the rule stated in Kittel. However, none of those “exceptions” are present. See Sheridan v. Greenberg, 391 So. 2d 234, 235, 237-38 (Fla.3d DCA 1980) (generally discussing the recovery of attorney’s fees as an element of damages in various cases and circumstances). In this same respect, see Glusman v. Lieberman, 285 So. 2d 29, 31-32 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973). Additionally…

Authorities Cited

• Eve Postell v. State, 383 So. 2d 1159 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)