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Kalb v. Nack Holding, LLC

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb 8, 2012
79 So. 3d 175 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 3D10–2331.

2012-02-8

Stuart R. KALB as Trustee, Appellant, v. NACK HOLDING, LLC, et al., Appellees.

Guy Spiegelman, for appellant. Robert Cooper, for appellee.


Guy Spiegelman, for appellant. Robert Cooper, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ, LAGOA, and EMAS, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

Stuart R. Kalb as Trustee appeals the trial court's award of attorney's fees to appellee Nack Holding, LLC. Because Nack Holding did not timely request trial level attorney's fees, we reverse that part of the trial court's order that awarded such fees. We affirm the trial court's order in all other respects.

The full facts of this case are addressed in our prior opinion, Nack Holdings, LLC v. Kalb, 13 So.3d 92 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009), and thus we discuss only the facts relevant to the attorney's fees. Nack Holding prevailed in its claim that Kalb violated Section 701.04, Florida Statutes (2010), which requires timely recording of satisfactions of judgment. That statute includes a provision which entitles the prevailing party to seek reasonable attorney's fees. Although this Court and the Florida Supreme Court


Summaries of

Kalb v. Nack Holding, LLC

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb 8, 2012
79 So. 3d 175 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)
Case details for

Kalb v. Nack Holding, LLC

Case Details

Full title:Stuart R. KALB as Trustee, Appellant, v. NACK HOLDING, LLC, et al.…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Feb 8, 2012

Citations

79 So. 3d 175 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

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