Cossio v. World Savings & Loan Ass'n
Cossio v. World Savings & Loan Ass'n
Opinion of the Court
We affirm the order denying the mterve-nors’ motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1991). The record does not reveal “a complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised by the losing party[,]” or that “the attempt to create a controversy [wa]s frivolous.” Whitten v. Progressive Casualty Ins. Co., 410 So.2d 501, 505 (Fla. 1982); Atlantic Nat’l Bank v. Tworoger, 448 So.2d 616 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Rojas, 409 So.2d 1166 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982). Compare Puder v. Raymond Int’l Builders, Inc., 424 So.2d 78 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982) (§ 57.105 fee award appropriate where litigant brought claim solely for tactical purposes and claim was not valid, not substantiated by any legal
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Vincent COSSIO and Carmen Cossio v. WORLD SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, a Federal Savings and Loan Association, a/k/a Beach Federal Savings and Loan Association, Assignee of Sunrise Savings and Loan Association
- Cited By
- 1 case
- Status
- Published