Case Name: John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. Donald W. FOWLER, Jr., and Holly Ann Fowler, Appellees; John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. HARGRAVE YACHT SALES, INC., Appellee; John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. AMERICANA YACHT BROKERAGE, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-02-04
Citations: 394 So. 2d 154
Docket Number: Nos. 79-749 and 79-2501, 79-1511 and 79-1834, and 79-1813
Parties: John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. Donald W. FOWLER, Jr., and Holly Ann Fowler, Appellees. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. HARGRAVE YACHT SALES, INC., Appellee. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. AMERICANA YACHT BROKERAGE, INC., Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., and WETHERINGTON, GERALD T., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 394
Pages: 154–155

Head Matter:
John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. Donald W. FOWLER, Jr., and Holly Ann Fowler, Appellees. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. HARGRAVE YACHT SALES, INC., Appellee. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. AMERICANA YACHT BROKERAGE, INC., Appellee.
Nos. 79-749 and 79-2501, 79-1511 and 79-1834, and 79-1813.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 4, 1981.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 1981.
Paul D. Mark Lucas and Stuart E. Gold-enberg of Hamilton, James, Merkle & Young, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Ronald A. Fitzgerald of Fleming, O’Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees-Donald W. Fowler, Jr. and Holly Ann Fowler.
W. Peter Burns of Burns, Middleton, Farrell & Faust, Palm Beach, for appellee-Har-grave Yacht Sales, Inc.
Eugene L. Heinrich of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Americana Yacht Brokerage, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm each of the summary final judgments involved in these consolidated appeals, finding that no cause of action was sustained, nor, indeed, stated, as to any of the defendants below and that there are no genuine, material issues of fact.
We reverse the judgments awarding attorneys' fees on behalf of appellees, Har-grave and Fowler. In each instance the award was based upon Section 57.105 Florida Statutes. The amended complaint was filed in January, 1978, five months prior to the effective date of that statute. We determine that the statute has no retroactive effect, for the reasons expressed in Tuggle v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 220 So.2d 355 (Fla.1969) which involved attorneys' fees for services rendered in appellate proceedings. That rationale is equally applicable here.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.
HERSEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., and WETHERINGTON, GERALD T., Associate Judge, concur.