Haney v. Sloan

Full title: Brittany HANEY, Appellant, v. Leslie SLOAN, Appellee.

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

Date published: Mar 3, 2017

211 So. 3d 372 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1D16–1326

03-03-2017

Brittany HANEY, Appellant, v. Leslie SLOAN, Appellee.

Caryn L. Bellus and Bretton C. Albrecht of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, for Appellant. Dennis R. Schutt and Cindy K. Kinslow–Coats of Schutt, Schmidt & Noey, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Caryn L. Bellus and Bretton C. Albrecht of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.

Dennis R. Schutt and Cindy K. Kinslow–Coats of Schutt, Schmidt & Noey, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from the final judgment awarding attorneys' fees and costs to the appellee, Leslie Sloan, in litigation that was separately appealed to this Court. See Haney v. Sloan , 1D15–3905.

Because the appellant, Brittany Haney, has prevailed in the main appeal, the trial court's award of attorneys' fees and costs in Ms. Sloan's favor must also be reversed. See Panama City Bay County Airport & Indus. Dist. v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. , 136 So.3d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) ; see also § 768.79(1), Fla. Stat. (an attorneys' fees award under the offer of judgment statute is predicated on a valid final judgment).

This decision is without prejudice to either party seeking an award of attorneys' fees after a new valid final judgment has been entered.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., CONCUR.