JACK F. DURIE, JR., APPELLANT,

v.

IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF MARY NUGENT DURIE, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Nalasco v. Buckman, 171 So. 3d 759 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
  …spent litigating the amount of fees has been applied to numerous fee statutes, including section 517.211, the fee statute at issue here. See Barron Chase Sec., Inc. v. Moser, 794 So. 2d 649 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Pirretti v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 578 So. 2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), cited by the Nalascos, was decided prior to Palma. Prejudgment Interest The trial court’s fee judgment made no provision for the award of prejudgment interest. The Nalascos contend that this was error and the judgment should h…
• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Palma, 585 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991)
  …imited to the recovery of attorneys’ fees. The relief sought in the suit was both the policy proceeds and attorneys’ fees, and the instant claim for attorneys’ fees is nonetheless a claim under the policy. In Pirretti v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., 578 So. 2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991), this court held that attorneys’ fees may be awarded for the additional legal effort required in obtaining a contested judgment for attorneys’ fees in an action alleging the unlawful sale of securities under section 517.211(6). H…
• Bitterman v. Bitterman, 685 So. 2d 861 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …We therefore hold that it was in the trial court’s discretion to award such additional fees to appellees for the inordinate legal effort required in obtaining a contested judgment for attorney’s fees. Pirretti v. Dean [*867] Witter Reynolds, Inc., 578 So. 2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); see also State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. Palma, 629 So. 2d 830 (Fla.1993). Based on all of the foregoing reasons expressed, we affirm the trial court in all respects in both appeals. Affirmed. PARIENTE, J., and ZEIDWIG, H…

Authorities Cited

• Fla. Patient's Comp. Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1985)
• Anderson v. Pilot House OF ST. Petersburg, Inc., 559 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)
• Thomas v. State, 559 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990)
• Dunnaway v. State, 564 So. 2d 646 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990)