RAY A. WILSON AND THERESA MARIE WILSON, APPELLANTS,

v.

JAMES L. SAYER, ESQUIRE, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF KAI VOLKER HERTKORN, DECEASED, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Bell v. U.S.B. Acquisition Co., Inc., 734 So. 2d 403 (Fla. 1999)
  …, 641 So. 2d 969, 970 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Askowitz v. Susan Feuer Interior Design, Inc., 563 So. 2d 752, 754 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); Freedom Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Biltmore Constr. Co., 510 So. 2d 1141, 1142 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); see also Hollub v. Clancy, 706 So. 2d 16, 19 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997); cf. Florida Pottery Stores of Panama City, Inc. v. American Nat’l Bank, 578 So. 2d 801, 804 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) (treating contractual and statutory basis for attorney fee award as equivalent). Stack arose from a dispute over…
• Holiday v. Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins., 864 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)
  …ontingent arrangements and are specifically conditioned on the “recovery” of a fee. Moreover, a fair reading of the language used by the participants really does not leave any doubt about how or to what extent a fee is payable. See Hollub v. Clancy, 706 So. 2d 16 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). While we understand the careful distinction being made by the trial judge, we are convinced that neither Ms. Holiday, nor Mr. Shealey would be responsible for attorney’s fees under their respective agreements except to the contin…
• Cuervo v. W. Lake Vill. II Condo. Ass'n, Inc., 709 So. 2d 598 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …gh a party has the absolute right to hire as many attorneys as it desires, if, however the fee is to be shifted to the opposing party, the opposing party is not required to compensate for overlapping efforts should they result. See Hollub v. Clancy, 706 So. 2d 16, 18 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997); Donald S. Zuckerman, P.A. v. Alex Hofrichter, P.A., 676 So. 2d 41, 43 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). Consequently, we conclude that the fee award must be reduced to reflect the reasonable efforts of one law firm. We believe that the mos…

Authorities Cited

• Pezzi v. Brown, 697 So. 2d 883 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)