Delta Fire Sprinklers, Inc. v. SouthTrust Bank, N.A.
Delta Fire Sprinklers, Inc. v. SouthTrust Bank, N.A.
Opinion of the Court
We affirm the trial court’s decision awarding appellee, SouthTrust Bank, N.A., attorney’s fees pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2008). SouthTrust and others had been sued by appellant Delta Fire Sprinklers (“Delta”) in an effort to be paid for its work on a construction project.
The record reflects the trial court properly entered summary judgment in favor of SouthTrust on that count of Delta’s complaint directed against SouthTrust. At the time of entry of summary judgment, the trial court granted Delta leave to amend its complaint. Delta thereafter amended its complaint in an attempt to allege a new basis for a claim against SouthTrust. However, for all practical purposes, the amended complaint suffered from the same fatal deficiencies of the prior complaint. The day after the trial court properly dismissed this claim with prejudice,
If no further proceedings had been initiated by Delta at the trial level, the “safe harbor” provision set forth in section 57.105(4)
AFFIRMED.
. The trial court’s order of dismissal was affirmed per curiam by this court on August 15, 2006.
. Section 57.105 provides:
(4) A motion by a party seeking sanctions under this section must be served but may not be filed with or presented to the court unless, within 21 days after service of the motion, the challenged paper, claim, de*1165 fense, contention, allegation, or denial is not withdrawn or appropriately corrected.
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