JENNIFER LAIRD AND FERNANDO LOPEZ
v.
YUN MIAO
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A trial court must award prejudgment interest on attorney's fees from the date the fees were incurred until the date final judgment is entered.
[1] Prejudgment interest must be awarded on attorney's fees from the date the fees were incurred until the date final judgment on the fees is entered.
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Appellants Laird and Lopez obtained a final judgment on attorney's fees and costs against Appellee Miao after evidentiary hearings in a county court a…
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
_____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-2466 LT Case No. 05-2019-CC-42661 _____________________________ JENNIFER LAIRD and FERNANDO LOPEZ, Appellants, v. YUN MIAO, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the County Court for Brevard County. Kathryn C. Jacobus, Judge. Blake Stewart, of Stewart Law CS, LLC, Rockledge, for Appellants. Elizabeth Siano Harris, of Harris Appellate Law Office, Mims, for Appellee. February 6, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Appellants challenge the “Final Judgment on Amount of Trial Attorney’s Fees and Costs” entered in their favor against Appellee after evidentiary hearings. Appellants contend that the trial court reversibly erred in determining the amount of the attorney’s fees award and in also failing to apply a multiplier. We
2 affirm on all issues raised by Appellants without further discussion, except one. We agree with Appellants that the trial court erred in failing to award them prejudgment interest on the attorney’s fees award. See Quality Engineered Installation, Inc. v. Higley S., Inc., 670 So. 2d 929, 930–31 (Fla. 1996).
Accordingly, we reverse on this issue and remand for the trial court to enter an amended final judgment that computes and awards prejudgment interest from September 21, 2023, until the date the final judgment on appeal was entered.
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED, with directions.
LAMBERT, EISNAUGLE, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.
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