QUENTIN SULLIVAN, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reid, 930 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 2006)
  …sue in this case because the award of attorney fees was reversed by the Third District.2 ANALYSIS The certified conflict issue involves the interpretation of the Court’s rules and is a question of law subject to de novo review. See Smith v. Smith, 902 So. 2d 859, 861 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“The standard of review regarding the trial court’s construction of the rules [of civil procedure] is de novo.”) It is well settled that the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure are construed in accordance with the principles o…
• Sutton v. State, 975 So. 2d 1073 (Fla. 2008)
  …novo review. See Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246, 1259 (Fla.2006) (concluding that a de novo standard of review is proper for a question of law) (citing D’Angelo v. Fitzmaurice, 863 So. 2d 311, 314 (Fla.2003)); see also Smith v. Smith, 902 So. 2d 859, 861 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“The standard of review regarding the trial court’s construction of the rules is de novo.”). Petition for Writ of Prohibition in Circuit Court As a preliminary matter, it should be noted that the petitioners properly util…
• Amerus Life Ins. Co. v. Lait, 2 So. 3d 203 (Fla. 2009)
  …s for attorneys’ fees and costs. Because the conflict issue involves the interpretation of the Court’s rules, it is a question of law subject to de novo review. Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reid, 930 So. 2d 598 (Fla.2006) (citing Smith v. Smith, 902 So. 2d 859, 861 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)). . Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525 Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.525 was adopted to set bright-line time requirements for motions for attorneys’ fees and costs. See Amendments to Fla. Rules of Civil Pro., 773 So…