Case Name: Betty JEFFERSON as natural parent of Chakoa and Eugene Jefferson, Appellant, v. CITY OF LAKE CITY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-08-10
Citations: 965 So. 2d 174
Docket Number: No. 1D06-1893
Parties: Betty JEFFERSON as natural parent of Chakoa and Eugene Jefferson, Appellant, v. CITY OF LAKE CITY, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD and PADOVANO, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 965
Pages: 174–175

Head Matter:
Betty JEFFERSON as natural parent of Chakoa and Eugene Jefferson, Appellant, v. CITY OF LAKE CITY, Appellee.
No. 1D06-1893.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 10, 2007.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 3, 2007.
James V. Cook, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Victor M. Halbach of Marks, Gray, Con-roy <& Gibbs, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's order granting attorney fees to the appellee. Although the proposal in this case cites a nonexistent statute as its basis, the notice of proposal for settlement cites to the correct statute number. In our view, the correct citation in the notice to the statute governing settlement offers cures the defect in the proposal. Unlike the situation in the recent Florida Supreme Court decision in Campbell v. Goldman, 959 So.2d 228 (Fla.2007), which involved a failure to cite any statute at all in a proposal for settlement, the appellee in the present case attempted to cite the relevant statute, but merely made an apparent typographical error. Therefore, we do not believe Campbell compels reversal here.
AFFIRMED.
BARFIELD and PADOVANO, JJ., Concur.
KAHN, J., Dissents with opinion.