Case Name: Ruby L. SCHMIGEL, Appellant, v. CUMBIE CONCRETE COMPANY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-12-14
Citations: 915 So. 2d 776
Docket Number: No. 1D05-1034
Parties: Ruby L. SCHMIGEL, Appellant, v. CUMBIE CONCRETE COMPANY, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 915
Pages: 776–776

Head Matter:
Ruby L. SCHMIGEL, Appellant, v. CUMBIE CONCRETE COMPANY, Appellee.
No. 1D05-1034.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 14, 2005.
Marie A. Mattox and James Garrity of Marie A. Mattox, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Marsha E. Rule, Martin P. McDonnell, and Harold F.X. Purnell of Rutledge, Ece-nia, Purnell & Hoffman, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to sections 57.105(1)(a) and 448.104, Florida Statutes (2004). Section 57.105(4) does not provide a 21-day safé harbor when the trial court awards fees on its own initiative, as authorized by subsection (1), because subsection (4) applies only to "[a] motion by a party." Appellants cannot claim lack of notice under the facts at bar, because the trial court grounded its award upon the issue appellee raised in its motion for attorney's fees; nor can appellants claim lack of opportunity to be heard, because the trial court set forth a briefing schedule that appellants failed to utilize.
AFFIRMED.
ERVIN, DAVIS and BENTON, JJ., Concur.