CBRE, INC.
v.
DIDIERGROUP, LLC, BLAKE PLUMLEY, CAPITAL PURSUITS, LLC, AND RISON CORNERS PROPERTY, LLC

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-05-01
No. 2024-2351
2026 FL 5122 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

An award of attorneys' fees and costs predicated on a reversed or vacated final judgment must likewise be reversed.


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[1] An award of attorney's fees and costs predicated on a reversed or vacated underlying judgment must be reversed without prejudice to either party seeking attorney's fees a…

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“[A]n award of attorney's fees and costs predicated on a reversed or vacated final judgment also must be reversed.”

Citation to Marty v. Bainter, 727 So. 2d 1124, 1125 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)

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CBRE, Inc. appealed from a trial court's final judgment awarding attorneys' fees and costs in favor of DidierGroup, LLC. This Court had previously rev…

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Opinion of the Court

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2024-2351 Lower Tribunal No. 2019-CA-010562

CBRE, INC., Appellant, v. DIDIERGROUP, LLC, BLAKE PLUMLEY, CAPITAL PURSUITS LLC, and RISON CORNERS PROPERTY LLC, Appellees.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. John E. Jordan, Judge.

May 1, 2026

MIZE, J.

Appellant, CBRE, Inc., appeals from a final judgment for attorneys' fees and costs entered by the trial court in favor of Appellee DidierGroup, LLC. As the underlying final judgment on which the final judgment for attorneys' fees and costs was predicated was reversed by this Court in its opinion in CBRE, Inc. v. DidierGroup, LLC, No. 6D2023-3011, 2026 WL 706229, at *1 (Fla. 6th DCA Mar. 13, 2026), the final judgment for attorneys' fees and costs likewise must be reversed. See Jupiter Mall Realty Corp. v. Rosner's, Inc., 614 So. 2d 52, 52 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Marty v. Bainter, 727 So. 2d 1124, 1125 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999) ("[A]n award of attorney's fees and costs predicated on a reversed or vacated final judgment also must be reversed.”). This reversal is without prejudice to either party seeking attorneys' fees at the conclusion of the proceedings below.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

STARGEL and PRATT, JJ., concur.

Elliot H. Scherker, Brigid F. Cech Samole, and Bethany J.M. Pandher, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Celene H. Humphries, of Celene Humphries, PLLC, Spring City, Tennessee, for Appellee, DidierGroup, LLC.

No Appearance for Appellees, Blake Plumley, Capital Pursuits LLC, and Rison Corners Property LLC.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING

AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED


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