Fewox v. McMerit Const. Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably 651 So. 2d 1173 - Turnberry Associates v. SERVICE STATION (1995), 656 So. 2d 470 - Miele v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. (1995)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Gernat v. Gernat · 345 So. 2d 417 - Travelers Indem. Co. of RI v. Mirlenbrink · 439 So. 2d 217 - Wollard v. Lloyd's & Companies of Lloyd's · Cincinnati Insurance Company v. Palmer · B & H Const. & Supply Co., Inc. v. Dist. Bd. of Trustess, Tallahassee Com. College of Fla.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he legislature apparently eliminated attorney’s fees from the subject matter jurisdiction of arbitration because arbitrators are generally businessmen chosen for then-expertise in the particular subject matter of the suit and have no expertise in determining what is a reasonable attorney’s fee____ Thus, the intent of the statute is merely to prohibit arbitrators from awarding attorney’s fees. “The proper place to determine the entitlement to and amount of attorney’s fees ... is in the circuit court upon application for confirmation of the ... award.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Arbitrators are generally businessmen chosen for their expertise in the particular subject matter of the suit and to exclude from their domain the consideration of what is a reasonable fee for legal services is quite logical.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Unless otherwise provided in the agreement or provision for arbitration, the arbitrator's and umpire's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, not including counsel fees, incurred in the conduct of the arbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.