HDE, INC., APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE,
v.
BEE-LINE SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., ET AL., APPELLEES/CROSS-APPELLANTS

Fla. 5th DCA | 2016-10-10
No. 5D15-2805
ORFINGER and BERGER, JJ., and CRAGGS, A.M., Associate Judge, concur.
200 So. 3d 1300 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2016)


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees to Bee-Line Supply Company, Inc. However, as Bee-Line concedes, the prejudgment interest awarded on the amount of the attorney’s fees should have been assessed from the date of the order confirming the arbitration award, June 18, 2013, which determined BeeLine’s entitlement to fees, not March 9, 2011, the date of the arbitration award; and the amount of prejudgment interest should have been calculated on the amount of the award and included in the judgment to bear post-judgment interest on the full amount. See Quality Engineered Installation, Inc. v. Higley South, Inc., 670 So.2d 929, 930-31 (Fla.1996); Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. v. Wood, 676 So.2d 464, 466 (Fla. 6th DCA 1996). Accordingly, we remand only for the proper calculation of the prejudgment interest.1

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED with instructions.

ORFINGER and BERGER, JJ., and CRAGGS, A.M., Associate Judge, concur.


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