Parham v. Price

Thomas PARHAM, Jr., Etc., Petitioner, v. Jack PRICE, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 30, 1986.

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1986-12-30

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1995

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“when a prevailing party has properly pleaded entitlement to attorney's 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 fees.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 511 So. 2d 977 - Cheek v. McGowan Elec. Supply Co.

Relies on 484 So. 2d 1241 - Finkelstein v. North Broward Hosp. Dist. · 486 So. 2d 34 - Davis v. Florida Power Corp.

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1986-12-30

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¶1Richard T. Gordon and Edward P. Jackson, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

¶2Ned I. Price of Lewis & Price, Jacksonville, for respondents.

¶3OVERTON, Judge.

¶4This is a petition to review Parham v. Price,486 So.2d 34 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), in which the district court held that, when a prevailing party has properly pleaded 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 fees.

¶5The district court certified this holding as presenting a question of great public importance.^[*] We recently answered this question in Finkelstein v. North Broward Hospital District,484 So.2d 1241 (Fla. 1986). Accordingly, we approve the district court holding in the instant case.

¶6It is so ordered.

¶7 *831 McDONALD, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, EHRLICH, SHAW and BARKETT, JJ., concur.

NOTES

¶8[*] We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.