Third District Court of Appeal in Miami, FL. (Credit: Candace West)
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal likely ended any hope that appellant-defendants Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida could have in recovering $900,000 in attorney fees in a case that went before former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman.
The Third DCA ruled Hanzman correctly considered each factor within Section 768.79, Florida Statutes, when the circuit court awarded Miccosukee a sanction of $10,000 and attorney fees and costs of $30,000, after it served rejected proposals for settlement to the appellees-plaintiffs, the law firm Lewis Tein and its partners, Guy Lewis and Michael Tein.
Former Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman. (Courtesy photo)
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