Dep't of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Ciresi

Full title: DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Petitioner, v. CINDY…

Court: DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Date published: Jun 29, 2012

Case No. 5D11-2813 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jun. 29, 2012)

Opinion

Case No. 5D11-2813

06-29-2012

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Petitioner, v. CINDY CIRESI, Respondent.

Stephen D. Hurm, General Counsel, and Jason Helfant, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Lake Worth, for Petitioner. Eric A. Latinsky, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

Petition for Certiorari Review of Decision
from the Circuit Court for Volusia County
Acting in its Appellate Capacity.
Stephen D. Hurm, General Counsel, and
Jason Helfant, Assistant General Counsel,
Department of Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles, Lake Worth, for Petitioner.
Eric A. Latinsky, Daytona Beach, for
Respondent.
PER CURIAM.

The circuit court, acting in its appellate capacity, departed from the essential requirements of law in awarding attorney's fees. Accordingly, we grant the petition for certiorari review and quash the circuit court's "Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs."

PETITION GRANTED; ORDER QUASHED. SAWAYA, TORPY and COHEN, JJ., concur.