Case Name: AnnMarie AHLERS, Appellant, v. C & S EQUIPMENT, INC. and Fred Chastain, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-10-20
Citations: 405 So. 2d 464
Docket Number: No. 80-2482
Parties: AnnMarie AHLERS, Appellant, v. C & S EQUIPMENT, INC. and Fred Chastain, Appellees.
Judges: Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 405
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
AnnMarie AHLERS, Appellant, v. C & S EQUIPMENT, INC. and Fred Chastain, Appellees.
No. 80-2482.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 20, 1981.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 20, 1981.
Ginsberg & Goldman and Daniel L. Ginsberg, North Miami Beach, for appellant.
Bernard H. Butts, Jr., Hialeah, and Kenneth Ofgang, Miami, for appellees.
Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant brought suit on a contract which provided for payment of a reasonable attorney's fee in the event of a breach by appellees. On motion of appellees, moments before trial, the court disqualified appellant's counsel from appearing in the trial of the cause because he would be required to appear as a witness on the matter of the attorney's fee.
There is no conflict of interest necessitating removal where counsel conducts the trial of the case then takes the witness stand to testify solely as to the nature and value of his services. Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility, D. R. 5-101(B)(3).
Reversed and remanded for new trial.