Case Name: D. Michael CAMPBELL, Esquire, former counsel for Plaintiff, Sixto Oliva (deceased), Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Agency for Health Care Administration, and Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-03-08
Citations: 110 So. 3d 478
Docket Number: No. 1D12-1076
Parties: D. Michael CAMPBELL, Esquire, former counsel for Plaintiff, Sixto Oliva (deceased), Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Agency for Health Care Administration, and Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Appellees.
Judges: BENTON, C.J., WOLF and SWANSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 110
Pages: 478–478

Head Matter:
D. Michael CAMPBELL, Esquire, former counsel for Plaintiff, Sixto Oliva (deceased), Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Agency for Health Care Administration, and Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Appellees.
No. 1D12-1076.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 8, 2013.
Rehearing Denied April 12, 2013.
Richard B. Bush and Audra Michelle Bryant of Bush & Augspurger, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and. James A. Peters, Special Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of the denial of his motion to tax costs pursuant to section 57.041, Florida Statutes (2009). We agree the trial court did not have discretion to deny the recovery of costs by appellant, as the prevailing party, under section 57.041. Dragstrem v. Butts, 370 So.2d 416 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the taxation of costs in appellant's favor.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
BENTON, C.J., WOLF and SWANSON, JJ., concur.