Case Name: Margaret Louise PIERPONT and R. Michael Robinson, Appellants, v. W.H. PIERPONT, Jr., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-12
Citations: 578 So. 2d 780
Docket Number: No. 90-01984
Parties: Margaret Louise PIERPONT and R. Michael Robinson, Appellants, v. W.H. PIERPONT, Jr., Appellee.
Judges: LEHAN, A.C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 578
Pages: 780–781

Head Matter:
Margaret Louise PIERPONT and R. Michael Robinson, Appellants, v. W.H. PIERPONT, Jr., Appellee.
No. 90-01984.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 12, 1991.
R. Michael Robinson, St. Petersburg, for appellant Pierpont.
Enrique Escarraz, III, St. Petersburg, for appellant Robinson.
David M. Wall, Clearwater, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the awards of attorney's fees pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (1989), except that we reverse to the extent such fees included attorney's fees for work to recover attorney's fees when the prevailing party has no interest in the fee recovered. See U.S. Security Ins. Co. v. Cole, 579 So.2d 153 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); B & L Motors, Inc. v. Bignotti, 427 So.2d 1070 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983), disapproved on other grounds, Travieso v. Travieso, 474 So.2d 1184 (Fla.1985).
Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent herewith.
LEHAN, A.C.J., and FRANK and PATTERSON, JJ., concur.