Case Name: Juanna Cribbs BALL and Walter C. Ball, Appellants, v. Barbara ARENDS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-02-20
Citations: 697 So. 2d 523
Docket Number: No. 96-772
Parties: Juanna Cribbs BALL and Walter C. Ball, Appellants, v. Barbara ARENDS, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, JOANOS and WOLF, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 697
Pages: 523–523

Head Matter:
Juanna Cribbs BALL and Walter C. Ball, Appellants, v. Barbara ARENDS, Appellee.
No. 96-772.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 20, 1997.
Order Certifying Conflict July 22, 1997.
Jefferson W. Morrow of David & Morrow, P.A, Jacksonville, for Appellants.
Jack W. Shaw, Jr., and Harris Brown of Brown, Obringer, Shaw, Beardsley & Decan-dio, PA, Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED. See MX Investments, Inc. v. Crawford, 683 So.2d 584 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Makar v. Investors Real Estate Management, Inc., 553 So.2d 298 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).
BOOTH, JOANOS and WOLF, JJ., concur.
ON MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION
PER CURIAM.
We reversed the award of attorney's fees in this cause, pursuant to our decisions in MX Investments, Inc. v. Crawford, 683 So.2d 584 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), and Makar v. Investors Real Estate Management, Inc., 553 So.2d 298 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989). In her motion for certification, appellee requests that we certify that our decision conflicts with decisions of the Second and Fourth District Courts of Appeal in accordance with the conflict certification in MX Investments. We grant the motion for certification.
Accordingly, we certify that the court's decisions in the instant case and in MX Investments, Inc. v. Crawford, 683 So.2d 584 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), conflict with the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Tampa Letter Carriers, Inc. v. Mack, 649 So.2d 890 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), and of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Special's Trading Co. v. International Consumer Corp., 679 So. 2d 369 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996), on the issue of defendant's entitlement to an award of an attorney's fee pursuant to section 768.79, Florida Statutes, after the plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the complaint.
BOOTH, JOANOS and WOLF, JJ., concur.