Padow v. KNOLLWOOD CLUB ASSOCIATION, INC.

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• concluding that the defendant unit owner “cannot be a ‘prevailing party’ within the meaning of section 718.303(1) [of the Florida Statutes] because he paid the substantial part of the association’s claim for delinquent assessments prior to the voluntary dismissal”
• finding that where defendant paid substantial portion of the claim prior to association’s voluntary dismissal, defendant could not be the prevailing party
• affirming the denial of prevailing-party fees to a party whose opponent, through an informal settle- ment, had “got most of what it sought” and “achieved all of the legitimate goals of its suit”

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