DAVID S. NUNES, P.A., APPELLANT,
v.
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC., APPELLEE
DAVID S. NUNES, P.A., APPELLANT,
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC., APPELLEE
703 So. 2d 491
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1997)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, a lawyer, was counsel in a lawsuit in which mediation was ordered. Appellant did not attend the mediation hearing, and he told his clients that they did not have to attend. Appellee, whose counsel did attend the mediation hearing, moved to assess attorney’s fees and costs against appellant, and the court entered a judgment for attorney’s fees and costs, which is the subject of this appeal. We affirm the assessment of attorney’s fees against counsel under the court’s inherent power to do so. Patsy v. Patsy, 666 So. 2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) and cases cited therein.
STONE, C.J., and KLEIN and GROSS, J., concur.
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Moakley v. Smallwood, 826 So. 2d 221 (Fla. 2002)…. After reviewing the applicable case law, the Fourth District concluded that trial courts possess the inherent authority to assess attorneys’ fees for litigating in bad faith. See id. at 1047; see also David S. Nunes, P.A. v. Ferguson Enter., Inc., 703 So. 2d 491, 491 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) (citing Patsy for the proposition that the trial court had inherent authority to assess attorneys’ fees against counsel who did not attend a mediation and advised his clients that they also did not have to attend). Similarl…
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Shniderman v. Fitness Innovations & Techs., Inc., 994 So. 2d 508 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)…Patsy v. Patsy, 666 So. 2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) are the leading cases addressing a trial court’s inherent authority to impose attorney’s fees against a lawyer for litigating in bad faith. See also David S. Nunes, P.A. v. Ferguson Enters., Inc., 703 So. 2d 491 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Sanchez v. Sanchez, 435 So. 2d 347 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983). In Moakley, the supreme court held that “a trial court possesses the inherent authority to impose attorneys’ fees against an attorney for bad faith conduct,” which, like the…
Authorities Cited
- Patsy v. Rosanne M. Patsy, 666 So. 2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)