Lund v. Department of Health

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting argument that court should decide moot appeal on the merits simply because appellant might be entitled to an award of attorney’s fees if the appeal was successful
• “[T]he possibility of an attorney’s fee award under section 120.595(5) is not a collateral legal consequence which would preclude dismissal when the death of a party renders the appeal moot.”
• “[W]e reject [the] contention that we should decide the case on the merits for the sole purpose of determining appellant’s right to prevailing-party appellate attorney’s fees under section 120.595(5), Florida Statutes.... ”
• “The general rule in Florida is that a case on appeal becomes moot when a change in circumstances occurs before an appellate court’s decision, thereby making it impossible for the court to provide effectual relief.”
• “The general rule in Florida is that a case on appeal becomes moot when a change in circumstances occurs before an appellate court’s decision, thereby making it impossible for the court to provide effectual relief.”
• “The general rule in Florida is that a case on appeal becomes moot when a change in circumstances occurs before an appellate court’s decision, thereby making it impossible for the court to provide effectual relief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).