DAN A. SWINSON, PETITIONER,

v.

JAMES R. MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Mandel v. Decorator's Mart, 965 So. 2d 311 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …s of counsel’s bill. Id. at 1358. As to the total amount of the attorney’s fee award, we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion in light of the evidence at the fee hearing. See Humane Soc. of Broward County, Inc. v. Fla. Humane Soc., 951 So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (citing General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Laesser, 791 So. 2d 517 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (citing First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n of Palm Beaches v. Bezotte, 740 So. 2d 589, 590 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999))). We find no abuse of discreti…
• Suarez v. Coral Gables Imports, Inc., 306 So. 3d 348 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
  …a final, unappealed judgment on the merits altered by the fact that the judgment may have been wrong or rested on a legal principle subsequently overruled in another case.”) (citations omitted); Humane Soc. of Broward Cty., Inc. v. Fla. Humane Soc., 951 So. 2d 966, 969 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (Under section 501.2105(1), Florida Statutes, “the legislature gave trial courts the PROCEDURAL HISTORY In September 2004, Suarez filed a single-count, class action lawsuit against CGI, alleging a violation of the Florida…
• Lyle S. Saltzman, M.D., & Brevard Anesthesia Servs., P.A. v. Hadlock, 112 So. 3d 772 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013)
  …well-settled that the word “may” “denotes a permissive term rather than the mandatory connotation of the word ‘shall.’ ” The Fla. Bar v. Trazenfeld, 833 So. 2d 734, 738 (Fla.2002); see also Humane Soc’y. of Broward Cnty., Inc. v. Fla. Humane Soc’y., 951 So. 2d 966, 972 [*775] (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (holding award of attorney’s fees was discretionary under section 501.2105, Florida Statutes (2003), which provided that “the prevailing party ... may receive his or her reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from the n…

Authorities Cited

• Cason v. Crosby, 892 So. 2d 536 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
• Brown v. Campion, 757 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)
• Robert E. Banks v. State, 916 So. 2d 35 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)