The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . David , 979 So.2d 931 (Fla. 2008), we considered the constitutionality of section 57.071(2), Florida . . . We determined that "because section 57.071(2) only delineates the steps that a party must fulfill (i.e . . .
. . . .” § 57.071(l)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014). . . . amount set by the Legislature is a reasonable expense paid by a party to furnish security under section 57.071 . . .
. . . David, 979 So.2d 931, 936 (Fla.2008), the Florida Supreme Court addressed whether section 57.071(2), . . . Section 57.071(2) provides: Expert witness fees may not be awarded as taxable costs unless the party . . .
. . . I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion that section 57.071(2), Florida Statutes (1999 . . . We must therefore decide whether section 57.071(2) “creates, defines, and regulates rights.” . . . The two statutes — sections 57.071(2) and 92.231(2) — must be read in pari materia. . . . A litigant can certainly comply with both section 57.071(2) and rule 1.280. . . . Therefore, section 57.071(2) does not conflict with rule 1.525. . . . Id. at 601-02 (quoting § 57.071(2), Fla. Stat. (1999)). . . . ANALYSIS In 2002, the Fourth District in Cort expressly held section 57.071(2) to be unconstitutional . . . Likewise, here, section 57.071(2) does not create a right to recover expert witness fees, but rather . . . Nevertheless, due to the purely procedural nature of section 57.071(2), we are compelled to find that . . . In 1999, section 57.071(2) was enacted to provide: Expert witness fees may not be awarded as taxable . . .
. . . trial court erred in awarding David costs for expert witnesses that were not authorized by section 57.071 . . . Section 57.071(2), Florida Statutes, provides: Expert witness fees may not be awarded as taxable costs . . . At no point during the hearing or in the order on appeal did the trial court mention Cort or section 57.071 . . . As the Fourth District explained, “section 57.071(2) does not create a right to recover expert witness . . . Cf. § 57.071, Fla. . . .
. . . award attorney’s fees based on section 448.08, Florida Statutes, and costs based on sections 57.041 and 57.071 . . .
. . . Section 57.071, Florida Statutes (2000), provides in part: (1) If costs are awarded to any party, the . . .
. . . . § 57.071(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). . . .
. . . intervened in the, trial below and now cross-appeals, challenging the constitutionality of section 57.071 . . . The procedural nature of section 57.071(2) We agree with Allstate’s argument that section 57.071(2) is . . . Likewise, here, section 57.071(2) does not create a right to recover expert witness fees, but rather . . . Nevertheless, due to the purely procedural nature of section 57.071(2), we are compelled to find that . . . Section 57.071(2) provides: Expert witness fees may not be awarded as taxable costs unless the party . . .
. . . erred in awarding Falcon Power an expert witness fee because Falcon Power failed to comply with section 57.071 . . .
. . . Eight months later, on June 4, 1999, Wal-Mart filed a motion to tax costs under section 57.071, Florida . . . Section 57.071 provides what costs are taxable once they are awarded. . . . .
. . . West, 120 So.2d 233 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); § 57.071(1), Fla. Stat. (1995). POLEN, J., concurs. . . .
. . . Pursuant to section 57.071(2) Florida Statutes (1989), and Wilkins v. . . . Section 57.071(3), Florida Statutes (1989), specifically states that any sales tax shall be awarded to . . .
. . . Section 57.071(3), Florida Statutes (1987), provides in pertinent part that if costs are awarded to any . . .
. . . . § 57.071(2), Fla.Stat. . . . .
. . . See §§ 57.041 and 57.071, Fla.Stat. (1981). . . .
. . . These costs are authorized by Section 57.071(2), Florida Statutes (1981), which provides that “[i]f costs . . .
. . . prevailed as, in our view, such a cost served a useful purpose and was, therefore, taxable under Section 57.071 . . .
. . . collateral deposited in lieu of a surety bond is not allowable as costs under the provisions of Section 57.071 . . .
. . . number 4 in the amount of $135.00 for cost of court reporter’s expenses for attendance at trial, F.S. 57.071 . . .
. . . , Fla.1973, 282 So.2d 873. .While not raised by either party, an argument could also be made that § 57.071 . . .
. . . . § 57.071, F.S.A., “to give a carte blanche to the taking of depositions and assessing them against . . .
. . . F.S.1967 57.071, F.S.A. states: “If costs are awarded to any party the following shall also be allowed . . .
. . . F.S.1967, Section 57.071(2), F.S.A. . . .
. . . It is Rivenbark’s position that Section 57.071, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., as amended in 1967, mandatorily . . .