Anna Val v. Gentera Center for Plastic Surgery, LLC, et al.

Summary

The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the county court’s decision in an appeal involving an award of attorney’s fees under section 57.105, Florida Statutes. Relying on the absence of transcripts of the relevant attorney’s-fee hearings, the court presumed the trial court’s findings correct.

Holdings

1. The attorney's-fees award was affirmed because the appellant did not provide transcripts of the relevant hearings, requiring the appellate court to presume that the trial court's findings were correct.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding attorney's fees under section 57.105 when the appellant failed to provide transcripts of the relevant attorney's-fees hearings.

Disposition

affirmed