Vasquez v. PROVINCIAL SOUTH INC.

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• requiring the complete absence of a justifiable issue of law or fact raised by the plaintiff in the action in order to assess attorney’s fees
• reversing an award of attorney’s fees under section 57.105 where the trial court failed to make specific findings that the claim was frivolous and completely untenable
• “The purpose of section 57.105 is to discourage baseless claims, stonewall defenses and sham appeals in civil litigation”
• \[T]he legislature's 1999 amendment to section 57.105 expanded the availability of fees and costs.\
• the purpose of section 57.105 is to discourage baseless claims, stonewall defenses and sham appeals in civil litigation by placing a price tag through attorney's fees awards on losing parties who engage in these activities
• “Florida favors access to the courts and has interpreted section 57.105 to provide a remedy only where the plaintiffs complaint is completely untenable. An award of attorney’s fees is not appropriate as long as the complaint alleges some justiciable issue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).