Case Name: Isaac MENDELSON, Klara Mendelson, His Wife, Irina Raytsin, and Borislava Raytsin, Appellants, v. OCEANIA CLUB, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-07-05
Citations: 766 So. 2d 1079
Docket Number: No. 3D99-3150
Parties: Isaac MENDELSON, Klara Mendelson, His Wife, Irina Raytsin, and Borislava Raytsin, Appellants, v. OCEANIA CLUB, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before GODERICH, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 766
Pages: 1079–1080

Head Matter:
Isaac MENDELSON, Klara Mendelson, His Wife, Irina Raytsin, and Borislava Raytsin, Appellants, v. OCEANIA CLUB, INC., Appellee.
No. 3D99-3150.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 5, 2000.
Rex B. Guthrie, Miami, for appellants.
Gunster, Yoakley, Valdes-Fauli & Stewart and Virginia Herrero Pagliery and Julie E. Nevins, Tallahassee; Mark Evans Kass, Miami, for appellee.
Before GODERICH, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no merit in the substantive issues raised by Appellants. We do, however, agree with their position that the attorneys' fee award in this case is unreasonable.
The amount in controversy in this case, including interest, was $6,927.39. The attorneys' fee awarded was $6,216.48. In light of the fact that this foreclosure action was, for all practical purposes, unopposed, this award was excessive. At oral argument, counsel for Oceania Club, Inc. ad mitted that the substitution of counsel in the case may have resulted in duplicative billing. Accordingly, we reverse the award of attorneys' fees and remand with directions to conduct a new hearing during which the trial court will specifically consider this issue.
Reversed.