Case Name: Robert L. ALBIEZ and Patricia Albiez, Appellants, v. Don WILKINSON, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-06-30
Citations: 546 So. 2d 1112
Docket Number: No. 89-00253
Parties: Robert L. ALBIEZ and Patricia Albiez, Appellants, v. Don WILKINSON, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, A.C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 546
Pages: 1112–1112

Head Matter:
Robert L. ALBIEZ and Patricia Albiez, Appellants, v. Don WILKINSON, Appellee.
No. 89-00253.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 30, 1989.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 4, 1989.
Philip N. Hammersley of Trawick, Ham-mersley & Valentine, P.A., Sarasota, for appellants.
Robert W. Beaudry of Lyons, Beaudry & Anderson, P.A., Sarasota, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in denying appellants' motion for attorney's fees filed pursuant to section 713.29, Florida Statutes (1987). Because appellants effectively defeated appellee's efforts to foreclose a mechanic's lien by recovering a judgment on their counterclaim for breach of contract in excess of the damages that appellee was awarded for his claim under the same contract, the trial court erred in determining that appellee was the prevailing party. See Ferrell v. Ashmore, 507 So.2d 691 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987). Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order and remand for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
RYDER, A.C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.