Prosperi v. Code, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• prevailing party test of Moritz applies to attorney's fees awarded to prevailing party in mechanic's lien action under section 713.29, Florida Statutes (1989)
• rejecting the \net judgment rule\ and allowing the trial judge to determine from the record which party has in fact prevailed on the significant issues tried before the court
• applying the rule where fees are sought pursuant to section 713.29
• a flexible approach in determining the prevailing party is required — the trial court must have discretion to consider the equities and determine which party has in fact prevailed on the significant issues
• courts should look to which party prevailed on the “significant issues”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).