Court Opinion

ID: 3189869
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-03-30 17:02:34.510213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:10:36.424324
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
                      MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

                                             IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

                                             OF FLORIDA

                                             SECOND DISTRICT

EDWARD K. NEWMAN,                            )
                                             )
              Appellant,                     )
                                             )
v.                                           )             Case No. 2D14-1953
                                             )
OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC,                   )
                                             )
              Appellee.                      )
                                             )

Opinion filed March 30, 2016.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco
County; Wayne L. Cobb, Judge.

Michael E. Rodriguez of the Foreclosure
Defense Law Firm, PL, Tampa, for
Appellant.

Michael W. Smith of Baker, Donelson,
Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC,
Orlando, for Appellee.

SLEET, Judge.

              Edward Newman appeals the final summary judgment of foreclosure in

favor of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC. The parties agree that Ocwen failed to present

sufficient evidence to support the trial court's award of $2036.49 in late charges.

However, Newman claims that this deficiency created a genuine issue of material fact
and that the trial court's entry of summary judgment was therefore fundamental error.

We disagree.

               Newman's issue with the lack of evidence to support the awarded total for

late charges alone does not warrant reversal of the entire foreclosure judgment. See,

e.g., Freiman v. Nat'l City Mortg. Co., 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1634 (Fla. 4th DCA July 15,

2015) (affirming foreclosure judgment in part and reversing the unsupported award of

attorney fees); Peuguero v. Bank of Am., N.A., 169 So. 3d 1198, 1204 (Fla. 4th DCA

2015) (affirming foreclosure judgment in part and reversing and remanding for a hearing

on the unsupported amount of the judgment). In its concession of error, Ocwen does

not request an opportunity to correct the evidentiary shortcomings with regard to its

alleged late charges and instead asks that this court remand for remittitur to reduce the

amount of the final judgment by $2036.49. This solution is appropriate. Therefore, we

affirm the final summary judgment but reverse the trial court's award of $2036.49 for late

charges. And we remand for remittitur of the final judgment in that amount.

               Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.

KHOUZAM and LUCAS, JJ., Concur.

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