TOMAS ROBERTO CABRERA, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Crittenden Orange Blossom Fruit v. Stone, 514 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 1987)
  …roceedings, particularly if substantial travel is involved. Yet, it is well settled that the testimony of an expert witness concerning a reasonable [*353] attorney’s fee is necessary to support the establishment of the fee. In Re Estate of Cordiner, 497 So. 2d 920 (Fla.2d DCA 1986); Mullane v. Lorenz, 372 So. 2d 168 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979); Lyle v. Lyle, 167 So. 2d 256 (Fla.2d DCA), cert. denied, 172 So. 2d 601 (Fla.1964). For much the same reason that we distinguish worker’s compensation proceedings from other…
• Mitchell v. Flatt (Fla. 2d DCA 2022)
  …m Fruit v. Stone, 514 So. 2d 351, 352–53 (Fla. 1987) ("[I]t is well settled that the testimony of an expert witness concerning a reasonable attorney's fee is necessary to support the establishment of the fee." (first citing In re Estate of Cordiner, 497 So. 2d 920 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); then citing Mullane v. Lorenz, 372 So. 2d 168 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979); and then citing Lyle v. Lyle, 167 So. 2d 256 (Fla. 2d DCA 1964)). In the instant case, there is no question that the trial court erred in determining the amount o…
• In re The Guardianship OF Peter Thomas Scinlari v. Fla. Nat'l Bank, 580 So. 2d 343 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991)
  …part. We find no error in the rulings of the trial court as to the final accounting and expert witness cost, and, therefore, affirm the rulings of the trial court therein. Beck v. Beck, 383 So. 2d 268 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); In re Estate of Cordiner, 497 So. 2d 920 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986). Inasmuch as the trial court did not have the benefit of the supreme court’s decision in In re Estate of Platt, 16 F.L.W. S237 (Fla. April 4, 1991), the orders relative to the attorney’s fees and guardianship fees entered herein…

Authorities Cited

• Kunta Muwwakil v. State, 435 So. 2d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983)