Case Name: Brittany HANEY, Appellant, v. Leslie SLOAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-03-03
Citations: 211 So. 3d 372
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D16-1326
Parties: Brittany HANEY, Appellant, v. Leslie SLOAN, Appellee.
Judges: B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 372–372

Head Matter:
Brittany HANEY, Appellant, v. Leslie SLOAN, Appellee.
CASE NO. 1D16-1326
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed March 3, 2017.
Caryn L. Bellus and Bretton C. Albrecht of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.
Dennis R. Schutt and Cindy K. Kinslow-Coats of Schutt, Schmidt & Noey, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This appeal arises from the final judgment awarding attorneys' fees and costs to the appellee, Leslie Sloan, in litigation that was separately appealed to this Court. See Haney v. Sloan, 1D15-3905.
Because the appellant, Brittany Haney, has prevailed in the main appeal, the trial court's award of attorneys' fees and costs in Ms. Sloan's favor must also be reversed. See Panama City Bay County Airport & Indus. Dist. v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., 136 So.3d 788 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014); see also § 768.79(1), Fla. Stat. (an attorneys' fees award under the offer of judgment statute is predicated on a valid final judgment).
This decision is without prejudice to either party seeking an award of attorneys' fees after a new valid final judgment has been entered.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, JJ., CONCUR.