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Black Diamond Props., Inc. v. Haines

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
May 25, 2012
Case No. 5D11-589 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 25, 2012)

Opinion

Case No. 5D11-589

05-25-2012

BLACK DIAMOND PROPERTIES, INC., BLACK DIAMOND REALTY, INC., AND STANLEY C. OLSEN, Appellants, v. CHARLES S. HAINES, KATHY HAINES, RICHARD O. CONBOY, JACKSON RANDOLPH, LARRY LAUKKA, ANGELO MASUT, BRENDA MASUT AND TOM HOWELL, Appellees.

Edward A. Marod, of Gunster Yoakley and Stewart, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Anne S. Mason of Mason Law, P.L., Clearwater, for Appellant. Steve A. Rothenburg, Ocala, and John C. Bell, Jr., Bell & Brigham, Augusta, Georgia, for Appellee.


Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Citrus County,
William T. Swigert, Judge.
Edward A. Marod, of Gunster Yoakley and
Stewart, P.A., West Palm Beach, and
Anne S. Mason of Mason Law, P.L.,
Clearwater, for Appellant.
Steve A. Rothenburg, Ocala, and John C.
Bell, Jr., Bell & Brigham, Augusta,
Georgia, for Appellee.
PALMER, J.

Appellants, Black Diamond Properties, Inc., Black Diamond Realty, Inc., and Stanley C. Olsen appeal an order awarding statutory prevailing-party attorney's fees and costs to appellees, Charles and Kathy Haines, Angelo and Brenda Masut, Tom Howell, and Richard Conboy. See § 817.41(6), Fla. Stat. (1997). The award was based on the previously entered final judgment finding that the appellees had sustained damages as a result of the appellants' misleading advertising, as prohibited by section 817.41(2). While this appeal was pending, we reversed and remanded the final judgment entered in favor of the appellees. Black Diamond Properties, Inc. v. Haines, 69 So. 3d 1090 (Fla. 5th DCA 2011). As such, the award of attorney's fees and costs must be reversed because the appellees are no longer prevailing parties. See Montgomery v. English, 902 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005); F.J.W. Enters. Inc. v. Johnson, 749 So. 2d 573 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000); Ass'n Fin. Servs, Inc. v. Lewis, 551 So. 2d 590 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989).

REVERSED and REMANDED. SAWAYA and MONACO, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Black Diamond Props., Inc. v. Haines

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
May 25, 2012
Case No. 5D11-589 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 25, 2012)
Case details for

Black Diamond Props., Inc. v. Haines

Case Details

Full title:BLACK DIAMOND PROPERTIES, INC., BLACK DIAMOND REALTY, INC., AND STANLEY C…

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

Date published: May 25, 2012

Citations

Case No. 5D11-589 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. May. 25, 2012)