CONBOY ET AL.

v.

CITY OF NAPLES ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• Laverine Thursby and Wynell Thursby v. Reynolds Metals Co., 466 So. 2d 245 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984)
  …determine these expert witness fees where the amounts involved were not of such magnitude as to indicate grossly excessive charges. Section 92.-231(2), Florida Statutes (1983); Conboy v. City of Naples, 230 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970), cert, den., 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). Appellant has shown no abuse of the trial court’s broad discretion to tax costs. Muckenfuss v. Miller, 421 So. 2d 170, 174 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982); Durrance v. Sanders, 329 So. 2d 26, 30 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976). According…
• Durrance v. Dorsey A. Sanders, Jr., 329 So. 2d 26 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976)
  …he failure of the trial court to tax Dr. Gilcreas’ expert witness fee as costs, we find that the trial court acted correctly. In taxing costs, a trial court has wide discretion. (Conboy v. City of Naples, Fla.App. 2d 1970, 230 So. 2d 476, cert. den. 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970) ) Under the circumstances of the instant case, the trial court did not abuse that discretion. Reversed and remanded for a new trial. MILLS, J., and SACK, MARTIN, Associate Judge, concur. . During oral argument, a…
• Bystrom v. Fla. Rock Indus., Inc., 513 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
  …y may be included in the taxed costs. Thursby v. Reynolds Metals Co., 466 So. 2d 245 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 476 So. 2d 676 (Fla.1985); Conboy v. City of Naples, 230 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 237 So. 2d 537 (Fla.), cert. denied, 400 U.S. 825, 91 S.Ct. 48, 27 L.Ed.2d 53 (1970). In the instant case, the appraiser provided as an exhibit a location map which cost slightly over $150.00. Moreover, the appraiser spent a substantial number of hours examining and investigating the assessment an…