JOSE ESCOBAR AND IRIS ESCOBAR
v.
NEW HAMPTON AT CENTURY VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM #IV ASSOC., INC.
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Courts must look to the substance of litigation outcomes—not just procedural maneuvers—in determining which party has prevailed in an action.
[1] In determining which party has prevailed in litigation, courts must examine the substance of the litigation outcomes rather than focusing solely on procedural maneuvers.
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Citation to Tubbs v. Mechanik Nuccio Hearne & Wester, P.A., 125 So. 3d 1034, 1041 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013)
Jose and Iris Escobar appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Broward County involving a dispute with New H…
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
JOSE ESCOBAR and IRIS ESCOBAR, Appellants,
v.
NEW HAMPTON AT CENTURY VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM #IV ASSOCIATION, INC., a Florida not-for-profit corporation, Appellee.
No. 4D17-3316
[May 23, 2018]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael L. Gates, Judge; L.T. Case No. 16-9286 CACE
12.
Joseph M. Pustizzi of Law Office of Joseph Pustizzi, P.A., Hollywood, for appellants.
Shelley J. Murray of Straley & Otto, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Tubbs v. Mechanik Nuccio Hearne & Wester, P.A., 125 So. 3d 1034, 1041 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (where court wrote that “courts must look to the substance of litigation outcomes—not just procedural maneuvers—in determining the issue of which party has prevailed in an action”); Padow v. Knollwood Club Ass’n, 839 So. 2d 744, 745 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).
WARNER, GROSS and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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