GASAWAY, DBA SUBURBAN SEALING CO.

v.

LABORERS' PENSION FUND ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (53 total)

• Mason v. Reiter, 564 So. 2d 142 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …of hours claimed, as will a claim for hours that the court finds to be excessive or unnecessary.” Id. This reduction is left to the court’s discretion; it is not required. City of Miami v. Harris, 490 So. 2d 69, 73 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 876, 93 L.Ed.2d 830 (1987). The burden to substantiate the fee award is on the plaintiff’s attorney. Id. That burden is met when the fee award is supported by substantial competent evidence. Id.; Cohen v. Cohen, 400 So. 2d 463 (Fla. 4th D…
• Juanita v. Ramos, 743 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)
  …ives are adequate. Broin, 641 So. 2d at 892. . We disagree with the objectors’ position that the trial court erred in relying on class counsel's reconstructed records. See City of Miami v. Harris, 490 So. 2d 69, 72 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 876, 93 L.Ed.2d 830 (1987). . This is not a common-fund case in which “the defendant pays a specified sum for the benefit of class members. The class attorneys can then petition the court to obtain fees from the fund....” Kuhnlein, 662 S…
• Stokus v. Phillips, 651 So. 2d 1244 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
  …of an attorney’s time and services is not restricted to the original time records. Substantial competent evidence of a reasonable fee may include “reconstructed” records. See City of Miami v. Hams, 490 So. 2d 69, 73 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1031, 107 S.Ct. 876, 93 L.Ed.2d 830 (1987). We have reviewed the billing statements supplied to Phillips and, in our opinion, they are of sufficient evidentiary quality to sustain an award of fees and costs. Moreover, even after Phillips received the te…