JOEL EDWARD CHANDLER
v.
MOTIVEPOWER, INC.

Fla. 2d DCA | 2018-03-16
No. 17-1608
239 So. 3d 1268 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2018)

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Holding

A trial court's order granting summary judgment is affirmed, but an appeal challenging the trial court's reservation of attorney fees is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because such reservation does not constitute a final, appealable order.


Headnotes

[1] An order reserving jurisdiction over attorney fees without determining entitlement or setting a specific amount is not a final, appealable order and must be dismissed for…

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Key Quotes

“dismissing the portion of the appeal challenging attorney fees because not only was the order ambiguous as to entitlement but it also failed to set an amount of fees thereby rendering that portion of the final judgment nonfinal and nonappealable”

The court's reasoning for dismissing the appeal of attorney fees as lacking jurisdiction

Facts & Procedural History

Joel Edward Chandler appealed from a summary judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Polk County in favor of MotivePower, Inc., and also challenged …

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court's order granting summary judgment without further comment. However, we dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the portion of the appeal challenging the trial court's reservation of jurisdiction on attorney fees. See, e.g., Card v. Card, 122 So. 3d 436, 437 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (dismissing the portion of the appeal challenging attorney fees because not only was the order ambiguous as to entitlement but it also failed to set an amount of fees thereby rendering that portion of the final judgment nonfinal and nonappealable).

Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.

KELLY, SLEET, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.


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