THOMAS PARHAM, JR., D/B/A ALLIED SCREEN PRINTING, APPELLANT,
v.
JACK PRICE, SAM PRICE, FLORENCE EVANS AND BARRY ZISSER, CO. PARTNERS, D/B/A Z.E.P. PROPERTIES, A PARTNERSHIP, APPELLEES

Fla. 1st DCA | 1986-04-01
No. BG-179
SHIVERS and JOANOS, JJ., concur.
486 So. 2d 34 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1986) Positive Treatment
Cited by 6 cases

Opinion of the Court
BARFIELD, Judge.

BARFIELD, Judge.

By affirmance of the trial court, we hold that when a prevailing party has properly pled entitlement to attorney fees pursuant to the terms of a contract, the proof of such fees may be presented for the first time after final judgment pursuant to a motion for attorney’s fees. Cheek v. McGowan Electric Supply, Co., 483 So. 2d 1373 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

We certify this holding to the Florida Supreme Court as presenting a question of great public importance.

SHIVERS and JOANOS, JJ., concur.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Cited By

  • Vasilinda v. Lozano, 631 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 1994)
    …he Dade County circuit judge had transferred jurisdiction she should not have ruled on the motion to compel arbitration. Raymond, James & Associates, Inc. v. Wieneke, 479 So. 2d 754, 755 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). The case of Davis v. Florida Power Corp., 486 So. 2d 34 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986), is also pertinent. There, the plaintiff appealed the order of a Pinellas County circuit judge transferring venue to Citrus County. The defendant moved to dismiss the appeal, maintaining that appellate jurisdiction was in the Fift…
  • Barry Cook Ford, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 571 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)
    …unty where FMC has another franchisee, Tallahassee Motors, Inc. (TMI). We reverse. As the appellate court with jurisdiction over the transferring court, this court has jurisdiction to consider the appeal of the order. Davis v. Florida Power Corp., 486 So. 2d 34 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). While the primary purpose of venue statutes is to require litigation to be instituted in the forum which will cause the least amount of inconvenience and expense to those parties required to answer and defend the action, it is th…
  • Parham v. Price, 499 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 1986)
    …OVERTON, Judge. This is a petition to review Parham v. Price, 486 So. 2d 34 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), in which the district court held that, when a prevailing party has properly pleaded entitlement to attorney fees pursuant to the terms of a contract, the proof of such fees may be presented for the first time after final judgmen…

Previewing 3 of 6 citing cases — full citator treatment, depth of discussion, and citing context are member features.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw