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ANI~ FOR g~'. ~L~ICITs COONTY,
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87-~80=CA~09 .
THS_ A~'LANTIS B~IL~IY~tCi 8~ CONDO- ~ ~
MINIOI~# ~iSSOC~ATION,• II~C. , ~
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JOHN A. SKAi~I3~I- and NANDA SKAWSKI , r~:} o
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FINAL JODt~MSNT ~OR ATTORNBYS FS88
- This matter eame .before the Court ot~ Defe~dat~t' e lrtotion for
attorneye~ feee a~d coste. The Caurt has considered.the mat~er,
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~ teaticaany, other evidence .preeented and arg~amente of couneel. ~
_ At the ti.me of the bearing, the attorney for the Defendant
announaed no enote were being aougbt except reaeonatile ~
~ attorneyw• fees. Tbe~attorney ~or Defendant teatified that he
had an unMritten con~ingent`fee agreea~ent with hia client, -
pureuant to ~vhic~ he tvoul`d not receive attorneys fees unles~
awarded by the~Court. Introdu?ced inta evidence ae Defendant's
~Exhibit No. 1 was tD~e time recorde of the attorney for
- De#endant. I~ 9.r eignificant to the Court that this wae one of
three caeee invol~ing different Defendants, but the eame ~acte
and legai -iesuee. The caoes Were noic consolidated. 8awever,
they ~rere considered at the ea~ae tia~e.
~ Pursuant ta F,lorida Patient•s Com~ensatian Fund v. Rowe, 4T2
so.Zd 1145 (Bla. 1965f the firet step for the Court to conaider
is.the nwmber of houre reasonably expended on the litigation. It
agpeara from ~he time records i~ this caae, ae well as the other ~
. tNO companion caees, that there are eome duplication of time
chargee for some of the servic~s. For instanae, the tia~e ~ecord
_ in each case ~sho~rs 2.0 houre on ,Auguet 27, 19d7, to review thie
Court'a judgment and preparation of a letter ~o hie client. The
~udgment in eaah aas~ aag a~ duplicate, except for the case style.
The Court feels the tatal of 3.U houra must eon~ain some -
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