SCHOFIELD
v.
SURAJ PROPERTIES, INC.
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The court denied defendants' motions for attorney's fees because no statutory basis existed for awarding fees to prevailing defendants in this case.
Defendants prevailed in cases brought by Eric W. Schofield, Sr. and Amanda Lewis. Defendants moved for attorney's fees.…
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Although Defendants are the prevailing parties in both the cases brought by Eric W. Schofield, Sr. (18cv30) and by Amanda Lewis (18cv42), there is no statutory basis to grant them fees. Accordingly, the motions for fees at docket 153 in Schofield, Sr.’s case and docket 83 in Lewis’s case are denied. The Court finds cogent and apt the reasoning of Judge Howard in Kubiak v. S.W. Cowboy, Inc., 3:12-cv-1306-J-34JRK, 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 22, 2017). As the complaints are pled, section 448.08 of the Florida Statutes is not implicated. Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 216(b)) nor the Florida Minimum Wage Act (Fla. Stat. § 448.110) provides attorney’s fees to prevailing defendants. It is therefore ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendants’ First Amended Motion for Attorney’s Fees (Dkt. 153) is denied.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, on August 16, 2019.
s/William F. Jung
WILLIAM F. JUNG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
COPIES FURNISHED TO: Counsel of Record
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Schofield v. Suraj Props., Inc., 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. 2019)…grant them fees. Accordingly, the motions for fees at docket 153 in Schofield, Sr.’s case and docket 83 in Lewis’s case are denied. The Court finds cogent and apt the reasoning of Judge Howard in Kubiak v. S.W. Cowboy, Inc., 3:12-cv-1306-J-34JRK, 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 22, 2017). As the complaints are pled, section 448.08 of the Florida Statutes is not implicated. Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 216(b)) nor the Florida Minimum Wage Act (Fla. Stat. § 448.110) provides attorney’s…
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Lewis v. Suraj Props. Inc., 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. 2019)…grant them fees. Accordingly, the motions for fees at docket 153 in Schofield, Sr.’s case and docket 83 in Lewis’s case are denied. The Court finds cogent and apt the reasoning of Judge Howard in Kubiak v. S.W. Cowboy, Inc., 3:12-cv-1306-J-34JRK, 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 22, 2017). As the complaints are pled, section 448.08 of the Florida Statutes is not implicated. Neither the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. § 216(b)) nor the Florida Minimum Wage Act (Fla. Stat. § 448.110) provides attorney’s…
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- Schofield v. Suraj Props., Inc., 2017 WL 1080000 (M.D. Fla. 2019)