Haney v. Sloan

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Haney v. Sloan

211 So. 3d 372, 2017 WL 836930, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2896

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida

DecidedMarch 3, 2017

DocketCASE NO. 1D16-1326

StatusPublished

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Haney v. Sloan, 211 So. 3d 372, 2017 WL 836930, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 2896 (Fla. Ct. App. 2017).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from the final judgment awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to the appellee, Leslie Sloan, in litigation that was separately appealed to this Court. See Haney v. Sloan, 1D15-3905.

Because the appellant, Brittany Haney, has prevailed in the main appeal, the trial court’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs in Ms. Sloan’s favor must also be reversed. See Panama City Bay County Airport & Indus. Dist. v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., 136 So.3d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014); see also § 768.79(1), Fla. Stat. (an attorneys’ fees award under the offer of judgment statute is predicated on a valid final judgment).

This decision is without prejudice to either party seeking an award of attorneys’ fees after a new valid final judgment has been entered.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., CONCUR.

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