Case Name: Thomas PARHAM, Jr., d/b/a Allied Screen Printing, Appellant, v. Jack PRICE, Sam Price, Florence Evans and Barry Zisser, Co. Partners, d/b/a Z.E.P. Properties, a partnership, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-04-01
Citations: 486 So. 2d 34
Docket Number: No. BG-179
Parties: Thomas PARHAM, Jr., d/b/a Allied Screen Printing, Appellant, v. Jack PRICE, Sam Price, Florence Evans and Barry Zisser, Co. Partners, d/b/a Z.E.P. Properties, a partnership, Appellees.
Judges: SHIVERS and JOANOS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 486
Pages: 34–34

Head Matter:
Thomas PARHAM, Jr., d/b/a Allied Screen Printing, Appellant, v. Jack PRICE, Sam Price, Florence Evans and Barry Zisser, Co. Partners, d/b/a Z.E.P. Properties, a partnership, Appellees.
No. BG-179.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 1, 1986.
Rehearing Denied April 1, 1986.
Edward P. Jackson, of Jackson & Jackson, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Ned I. Price, Jacksonville, for appellees.

Opinion:
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
BARFIELD, Judge.
By affirmance of the trial court, we hold that when a prevailing party has properly pled entitlement to attorney fees pursuant to the terms of a contract, the proof of such fees may be presented for the first time after final judgment pursuant to a motion for attorney's fees. Cheek v. McGowan Electric Supply, Co., 483 So.2d 1373 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).
We certify this holding to the Florida Supreme Court as presenting a question of great public importance.
SHIVERS and JOANOS, JJ., concur.