Court Opinion

ID: 7548487
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 05:38:33.437091+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:23:59.089739
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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.