Case Name: TRANS COASTAL ROOFING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Intercargo Insurance Company, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. DAVID BOLAND INCORPORATED, Defendant Counter-Claimant-Appellant, American Insurance Company, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-09-09
Citations: 344 F.3d 1281
Docket Number: No. 01-17246
Parties: TRANS COASTAL ROOFING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Intercargo Insurance Company, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. DAVID BOLAND INCORPORATED, Defendant Counter-Claimant-Appellant, American Insurance Company, Defendant.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and WEINER , District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 344
Pages: 1281–1281

Head Matter:
TRANS COASTAL ROOFING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Intercargo Insurance Company, Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. DAVID BOLAND INCORPORATED, Defendant Counter-Claimant-Appellant, American Insurance Company, Defendant.
No. 01-17246.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Sept. 9, 2003.
Denis L. Durkin, Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, FL, for David Boland Inc.
Alexander J. Williams, Jr., Leiby Feren-cik Libanoff & Brandt, P.C., James O. Murphy, Jr., Byrd and Murphy, Ft. Laud-erdale, FL, for Appellees.
Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and WEINER , District Judge.
Honorable Charles R. Weiner, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The procedural history, facts, and issues in this case are contained in our previous opinion, which certified a dispositive question of state law to the Florida Supreme Court. Trans Coastal Roofing Co. v. David Boland, Inc., 309 F.3d 758 (11th Cir.2002). That Court has now answered the certified question in the affirmative. See David Boland, Inc., v. Trans Coastal Roofing Company, 28 Fla. L. Weekly S626 (Fla., July 11, 2003). The district court therefore erred in interpreting Florida Statutes § 627.428 to prohibit the recovery of attorneys' fees in excess of a performance bond's face amount from a subcontractor's surety when the fees claimant has not shown independent misconduct on the part of the surety. Accordingly, we VACATE the district court judgment with regard to limiting Intercargo's liability for attorneys' fees and REMAND this case for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of Florida Supreme Court.