Case Name: AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Appellant, v. Marie RAMIREZ, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-09-11
Citations: 120 So. 3d 1260
Docket Number: No. 3D12-2217
Parties: AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Appellant, v. Marie RAMIREZ, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and SALTER, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 120
Pages: 1260–1260

Head Matter:
AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Appellant, v. Marie RAMIREZ, et al., Appellees.
No. 3D12-2217.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 11, 2013.
Elizabeth R. Wellborn, PA, Deerfield Beach, and Audrey Dixon and Aaron Clemens, Public Defender for appellant.
Frank L. Hollander, Miami; Scott J. Levine, Plantation; Maurice Hinton, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.
Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and SALTER, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
The award of $17,800 in attorney's fees as a sanction for a discovery violation in this mortgage foreclosure case is reversed because the order does not contain the findings mandated by Kozel v. Ostendorf, 629 So.2d 817 (Fla.1993), and the record does not support a conclusion that the discovery violation was a willful and deliberate one as required by law. See Commonwealth Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Tubero, 569 So.2d 1271 (Fla.1990). Accordingly, the order is reversed and remanded with directions to vacate the award of attorney's fees.
Reversed and remanded.
. In light of this ruling, we do not reach any other issue on appeal.