Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. (“CSK”), is pleased to announce another significant win after a three and one-half week jury trial in Key West, Florida, where George Truitt, Esq., and Daniel Levin, Esq., defended a general contractor (the “Contractor”) in a suit filed by a condominium association (the “Association”). In 2007 and 2008, the Contractor Read More…
Continue readingFlorida law provides a conduit to obtain prevailing party fees where there is no other statutory or contractual basis to seek them. This tool is generally referred to and recognized as an “Offer of Judgment” and/or “Proposal for Settlement”, as codified in Florida Statute §768.79 and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442(c)(3). Both Plaintiffs and Read More…
Continue readingFlorida’s Lien Law statute generally provides in Section 713.29 that the prevailing party in a lien foreclosure or bond enforcement action shall be entitled to its reasonable attorney’s fees. The sense of certainty that appeared on the face of this Statute historically weighed favorably on a party’s evaluation of whether and how to prosecute or Read More…
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