Opinion ID: 47180
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Attorney’s Fees, Costs, and Expenses

Text: RDP argues that the district court erred in computing and awarding attorney’s fees, costs, and litigation expenses. We review a district court’s award of attorney’s fees and costs for abuse of discretion. Tire Kingdom, Inc. v. Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc., 253 F.3d 1332, 1335 (11th Cir. 2001). In this case, we find no basis for concluding that the district court abused its discretion. First, there was no error in relation to the attorney’s fees for the subcontractors’s claims against ARQ and Cornerstone because the subcontractors did not allege any claims against ARQ and Cornerstone. Clark brought its fraud and negligence claims against ARQ and Cornerstone solely on its own behalf, not as pass-through claims. [R. Vol. 3, Tab 99.] Second, there was no error in the award of fees pertaining to the law firm of Jenkins & Gilchrist. Although Jenkins & Gilchrist discounted its hourly rates, the district court found that the usual billing rate was reasonable and approved that rate absent any discount. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion in its award of attorney’s fees, costs, and litigation expenses. Notwithstanding, the above discussion, both parties agree that the district court erred in its computation of the award of attorney’s fees, costs, and litigation 13 expenses. Specifically, the parties agree to the following errors: (1) a “double counting” error of $58,954.14 in costs on the pass-through claim of subcontractor McHugh Concrete Construction; and (2) an oversight of $20,239.69 in the attorney’s fee award for the pass-through claim of subcontractor Talmac, Inc. Because the parties agree to these errors, this court remands the judgment to the district court for the ministerial act of correcting these clerical mistakes. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a).