KENNETH D. MIRABAL AND JEAN BRITTON MIRABAL, HIS WIFE, APPELLANTS,
v.
AL'S DIESEL SERVICE, INC., A MASSACHUSETTS CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1997-03-05
No. 96-1123
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and SHEVIN, JJ.
688 So. 2d 1022 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1997)

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Synopsis

The court reversed an order assessing $14,000 in attorney's fees against trial counsel personally in a dissolution of marriage case, finding that the wife's claim for sanctions against counsel was not well-founded.


Holding

The court reversed the order assessing attorney's fees against Ms. Smallwood personally, finding that the wife's claim for sanctions was not well-founded.


Facts & Procedural History

Following a dissolution of marriage action, the wife sought attorney's fees against the husband's trial counsel, Ms. Smallwood, alleging baseless liti…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. McCloud v. Swanson, 681 So. 2d 898, 900 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)(in rear-end collision, “where there is at least some evidence of negligence on the part of the lead car driver, the issue of fault should be resolved by the jury”).


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