Porteous v. Fowler, s. 79-749 and 79-2501
| Decision Date | 04 February 1981 |
| Docket Number | Nos. 79-749 and 79-2501,79-1511 and 79-1834,s. 79-749 and 79-2501 |
| Citation | 394 So.2d 154 |
| Parties | John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. Donald W. FOWLER, Jr., and Holly Ann Fowler, Appellees. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. HARGRAVE YACHT SALES, INC., Appellee. John PORTEOUS, II, Appellant, v. AMERICANA YACHT BROKERAGE, INC., Appellee. , and 79-1813. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Paul D. Mark Lucas and Stuart E. Goldenberg of Hamilton, James, Merkle & Young, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Ronald A. Fitzgerald of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees-Donald W. Fowler, Jr. and Holly Ann Fowler.
W. Peter Burns of Burns, Middleton, Farrell & Faust, Palm Beach, for appellee-Hargrave Yacht Sales, Inc.
Eugene L. Heinrich of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee-Americana Yacht Brokerage, Inc.
We affirm each of the summary final judgments involved in these consolidated appeals, finding that no cause of action was sustained, nor, indeed, stated, as to any of the defendants below and that there are no genuine, material issues of fact.
We reverse the judgments awarding attorneys' fees on behalf of appellees, Hargrave and Fowler. In each instance the award was based upon Section 57.105 Florida Statutes. The amended complaint was filed in January, 1978, five months prior to the effective date of that statute. We determine that the statute has no retroactive effect, for the reasons expressed in Tuggle v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 220 So.2d 355 (Fla.1969) which involved attorneys' fees for services rendered in appellate proceedings. That rationale is equally applicable here.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; AND REMANDED.
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