Case Name: DAVID S. NUNES, P.A., Appellant, v. FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-11-26
Citations: 703 So. 2d 491
Docket Number: No. 96-0733
Parties: DAVID S. NUNES, P.A., Appellant, v. FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and KLEIN and GROSS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 703
Pages: 491–491

Head Matter:
DAVID S. NUNES, P.A., Appellant, v. FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.
No. 96-0733.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 26, 1997.
Rehearing and Clarification Denied Jan. 7, 1998.
David S. Nunes, Ft. Lauderdale, pro se.
Michael J. Monchiek of Narkier, Monchick & Pleasanton, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, a lawyer, was counsel in a lawsuit in which mediation was ordered. Appellant did not attend the mediation hearing, and he told his clients that they did not have to attend. Appellee, whose counsel did attend the mediation hearing, moved to assess attorney's fees and costs against appellant, and the court entered a judgment for attorney's fees and costs, which is the subject of this appeal. We affirm the assessment of attorney's fees against counsel under the court's inherent power to do so. Patsy v. Patsy, 666 So.2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) and cases cited therein.
STONE, C.J., and KLEIN and GROSS, J., concur.