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- Title: Moakley V. Smallwood
- Author : Florida Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 28, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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We have for review Moakley v. Smallwood, 730 So. 2d 286 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), a decision of the Third District Court of Appeal, which expressly and directly conflicts with the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Israel v. Lee, 470 So. 2d 861 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985), and the First District Court of Appeal in Miller v. Colonial Baking Co., 402 So. 2d 1365 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. The conflict issue presented in this case is whether a trial court possesses the inherent authority to assess attorneys' fees as a sanction against an attorney for the attorney's bad faith conduct during the course of litigation.