WILLIE RAYMOND GARRETT, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Broward Cnty. v. LaPOINTE, 685 So. 2d 889 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)
  …s. The trial court awarded the full amount of Padva’s bill, without any breakdown as to what the services involved. That portion of Padva’s bill attributable to services as a litigation consultant is not recoverable. State Dep’t of Transp. v. Woods, 633 So. 2d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). On remand, the trial court must determine what portion of Pad-va’s fee can be allocated to the formation of an expert opinion which related to the valúation of the property. As to the remaining fee and expert witness awards cha…
• Garber v. State, 687 So. 2d 2 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996)
  …he location of three physicians’ practices. The order denying marketing experts’ fees (which actually addresses a single expert’s fee) contains no findings of fact or conclusions of law. The order cites State, Department of Transportation v. Woods, 633 So. 2d 94 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994) without explication. In Woods, the Fourth District overturned the award of an expert witness fee to a former lawyer who spent time “securing and preparing expert engineering witnesses and real estate appraisers, interviewing witn…
• Dep't OF Transp. v. Springs Land Invs. Ltd., 695 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
  …praisers or other experts are too numerous, or their charges improper. Grinaker v. Pinellas County, 328 So. 2d 880, 881 (Fla. 2d DCA 1976). The fees must be reasonably and necessarily incurred in relation to a proper issue in the case. DOT v. Woods, 633 So. 2d 94, 95 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)(consul-tant’s fee to assist attorney not recoverable where he gave no opinion on just valuation); Leeds at 921. An owner does not have carte blanche to incur unnecessary fees, and not all expenses an owner incurs may be colle…