The Circle Property Owners' Association, Inc. v. Circle One Condominium Association, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation
The Circle Property Owners' Association, Inc. v. Circle One Condominium Association, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation
Opinion of the Court
We affirm the judgment awarding attorney’s fees to the receiver of the appellant’s condominium community, with the exception of a duplication of fees for representation in settlement negotiations. In the settlement agreement, the parties agreed to a fee of $3,951 as attorney’s fees for the services performed by appellee’s attorneys. In the billings presented at the hearing on attorney’s fees, there appears $5,250 for the same services. We remand for the court to reduce the judgment by $5,250. We reject the remaining arguments as either not preserved or raising issues within the sound judicial discretion of the trial court.
Affirmed in part; remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.
Concurring in Part
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
Appellant, a condominium master association, appeals an order awarding attorney’s fees to its receiver. In addition to remanding to correct the apparent duplication of fees, I would reverse the order awarding fees to the receiver’s attorney, because the trial court did not make any findings, nor did the expert testify, that the fees were incurred to benefit the estate. Lewis v. Gramil Corp., 94 So.2d 174,
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