January 19, 2004

TRIAL COURT CORRECTLY DENIES ATTORNEY FEES IN ARBITRATION AWARD

Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Fourth District

In an arbitration where the party that was awarded substantially the total value of its claim and the arbitrator issued an award stating neither party prevailed, but did not provide an explanation of the basis of the award, the trial court’s correctly denied attorney fees since it had no basis to make its own determination of the prevailing party.

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