Opinion
No. 1D03-1686.
December 30, 2004. Rehearing Denied March 21, 2005.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Judge L. Ralph Smith.
John Beranek of Ausley McMullen, Tallahassee; Michael J. McGirney and Dale T. Golden of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman Goggin, Tampa, for Appellants.
Vikki R. Shirley, Thomas J. Guilday, Claude R. Walker, and Shawn M. Heath of Huey, Guilday, Tucker, Schwartz Williams, P.A., Tallahassee; Kelly Overstreet Johnson, Laureen E. Galeoto and Kelly O'Keefe of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Affirmed. See Ware v. E. Louis Fields, PA, 477 So.2d 667 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985). The fee awards that are the subject of this appeal are not to be duplicated in the future in this class action, should the class members prevail, even if it is perceived that the work done for these fees ultimately benefitted the entire class, not just the original plaintiffs.
BENTON, PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur.