GREENBUILD CONSTRUCTION CO.
v.
JEAN RICHARD DESROULEAUX, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-09-03
No. 2024-1107
Moore, J., Fernandez, J., Miller, J., Lobree, J.
2025 FL 7592 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

Trial courts have broad discretion to determine which party prevailed in litigation for purposes of awarding attorney's fees.

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[1] Trial courts possess broad discretion to determine which party prevailed on the significant issues in litigation for purposes of awarding attorney's fees, and such determ…

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Greenbuild Construction Co. appealed a decision from Miami-Dade County Court regarding attorney's fees determination in a dispute with Jean Richard De…

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Opinion of the Court
Lobree

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed September 3, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1107 Lower Tribunal No. 23-136230-CC-05 ________________

Greenbuild Construction Co., Appellant,

vs.

Jean Richard Desrouleaux, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Natalie Moore, Judge.

Alain Lecusay, P.A., and Alain Lecusay, for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Greenhaus, P.A., and Jeffrey S. Greenhaus, for appellees.

Before FERNANDEZ, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Skylink Jets, Inc. v. Klukan, 308 So. 3d 1048, 1051 (Fla.

Footnotes
2 4th DCA 2020) (stating that “[t]he trial court has broad discretion to determine which party prevailed in the litigation” for attorney’s fees purposes); Sidlow v. Bowles Custom Pool & Spas, Inc., 32 So. 3d 722, 722 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010) (“The trial court has broad discretion to determine which party prevailed on the significant issues in the litigation.”).

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