ALPHONSO BOWEN

v.

STATE

Citator

Cited By

• Bystrom v. Fla. Rock Indus., Inc., 513 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
  …xpert witness’s opinions and testimony may be included in the taxed costs. Thursby v. Reynolds Metals Co., 466 So. 2d 245 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 476 So. 2d 676 (Fla.1985); Conboy v. City of Naples, 230 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 237 So. 2d 537 (Fla.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). In the instant case, the appraiser provided as an exhibit a location map which cost slightly over $150.00. Moreover, the appraiser spent a substantial number of hours examining…
• City OF S. Miami v. Dembinsky, 423 So. 2d 988 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
  …or failing to exercise a legal right to take action adverse to the promisor — in a word, forbearance — constitutes valid consideration for an agreement which benefits the promisee. Boymer v. Birmelin, 227 So. 2d 358 (Fla. 3d DCA 1969), cert. denied, 237 So. 2d 537 (Fla.1970) and cases cited; City of Valparaiso v. Long, 141 So. 2d 334 (Fla. 1st DCA 1962). This principle has been often and recently applied to the very situation involved here. In Wright v. Seaton, Inc. v. Prescott, 420 So. 2d 623 (Fla. 4th DCA 1…
• Avellone v. Abdul R. Mehta and Eileen Mehta, 544 So. 2d 1122 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
  …pending before the trial court, contrary to the seller’s assertion, those authorities do not necessarily exclude awards when the expert testimony is in the form of a proffer. See Conboy v. City of Naples, 230 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 237 So. 2d 537 (Fla.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). “Imposition of costs after judgment is largely within the discretion of the trial judge, and will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear showing of abuse of that discretion.”…

Authorities Cited

• Alphonso Bowen v. State, 229 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969)