GARY ELLIOT A/K/A GARY LEE ELLIOTT, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (33 total)

• Brown v. Vt. Mut. Ins. Co., 614 So. 2d 574 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)
  …y nevertheless be held liable, jointly and severally with the attorney’s client, for the amount of the client’s attorney’s fees and costs. Hutchins v. Hutchins, 522 So. 2d 547. See generally Litman v. Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, 517 So. 2d 88 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), rev. denied, 525 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1988). There can be no question that Evans provided legal services to both of his clients in this litigation for which he is due a fee. Based on this record and the authorities cited above, we co…
• Kerrigan v. State, 711 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …ts have long recognized the [*1248] charging lien, to which an attorney may be entitled when the attorney’s services have produced a positive judgment or settlement for the client. See Litman v. Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, P.A., 517 So. 2d 88, 91-92 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), rev. denied, 525 So. 2d 879 (Fla.1988). The lien is “an equitable right to have costs and fees due an attorney for services in the suit secured to him in the judgment or recovery in that particular suit.” [emphasis supplie…
• Cole v. Kehoe, 710 So. 2d 705 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …ekly D744, D746, — So. 2d — (Fla. 4th DCA March 18, 1998) (stating that charging lien could not attach where no money or identifiable property was recovered in the subject litigation); Litman v. Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash, Block & England, P.A., 517 So. 2d 88, 92 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (“[T]he services must, in addition, produce a positive judgment or settlement for the client, since the lien will attach only to the tangible fruits of the services.”). For the same reasons, the charging lien may not be used…

Authorities Cited

• City OF Atl. Beach v. Bull, 476 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 1985)
• Albritton v. State, 476 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 1985)