BENNETT K. TRESSLER, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Fla. Hurricane Prot. & Awning, Inc. v. Ethlyn Pastina, 43 So. 3d 893 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …applies to “any” action to enforce the contract. See Bauer v. Dilib, Inc., 16 So. 3d 318, 322 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009) (stating that Florida law requires courts to strictly construe statutes allowing fee awards and quoting Germ v. St. Luke’s Hosp. Ass’n, 993 So. 2d 576, 578 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (“Courts should give statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning, and may not add words that were not included by the legislature.”)). Here, the homeowner’s right to attorney’s fees derives from a fusion of two source…
• Bauer v. Dilib, Inc., 16 So. 3d 318 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
  …h such provisions were absent. If the Legislature also intended to obligate third parties to pay attorney’s fees for aiding and abetting violations of restrictive covenants, it was up to the Legislature to say so. See Germ v. St. Luke’s Hosp. Ass’n, 993 So. 2d 576, 578 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (“Courts should give statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning, and may not add words that were not included by the legislature.”). In their briefs, the parties have identified one decision which facially contains a…
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Lyantie Townsend, 160 So. 3d 570 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …So. 2d 587, 595 (Fla.2006). Court should give statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning, and may not add words that were not included by the legislature. Id.; see Exposito v. State, 891 So. 2d 525 (Fla.2004). Germ v. St. Luke’s Hosp. Ass’n, 993 So. 2d 576, 578 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). The language at issue here is in subsection three of the 2010 version of the statute, which provides that “the interest rate established at the time a judgment is obtained shall remain the same until the judgment is paid.”…

Authorities Cited

• Weeks v. Golden, 764 So. 2d 633 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)