RAFAEL E. PASTRANA, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Sarasota Cnty. v. Curry, 861 So. 2d 1239 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)
  …onsider the offer of judgment as a “written offer” under section 73.092(1) because it was made so late in the proceedings. We review an award of attorney’s fees under section 73.092 for an abuse of discretion. Amerada Hess Corp. v. Dep’t of Transp., 788 So. 2d 276, 277 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). While we share the court’s frustration with the late timing of Sarasota County’s offer of judgment, the offer of judgment clearly constitutes a “written offer” for purposes of section 73.092(1). Sarasota County argues that…
• Pompano Beach Cmty. Redev. Agency v. Holland, 82 So. 3d 1034 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
  …e contractor as the first written offer.3 The government appeals the attorney’s fees award. Generally, a trial court’s award of attorney’s fees “will not be disturbed absent a clear abuse of discretion.” Amerada Hess Corp. v. Fla. Dep’t of Transp., 788 So. 2d 276, 277 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000). However, because the issue here is whether the court properly applied the law in determining which writing constituted the first written offer for calculating attorney’s fees, it involves a question of law for which we have…
• Dep't OF Transp. v. RFT P'ship, 906 So. 2d 1161 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005)
  …nsp. v. CNL Income Fund VIII, Ltd., 823 So. 2d 147 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (holding that variance that reduced the fair market compensation owed to the property owner was a compensable nonmonetary benefit); Amerada Hess Corp. v. State, Dep't of Transp., 788 So. 2d 276 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (holding that nonmonetary benefit attorneys’ fees were not appropriate where changes in the DOT's plans would have been made even without efforts of landowner's attorneys); State, Dep't of Transp. v. Skidmore, 720 So. 2d 1125 (Fl…

Authorities Cited

• Ortega v. State, 763 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)
• Bethel v. State, 764 So. 2d 823 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)