The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . Chrysler”) appeals the final judgment granting the Musacchias’ claim for attorney’s fees under section 681.112 . . . After Chrysler’s compliance with the arbitration order, the Musacchias filed a lawsuit under section 681.112 . . . Lemon Law proceeding before the arbitration board constitute “damages” recoverable pursuant to section 681.112 . . . We have recently held that “ ‘damages’ under section 681.112 do not include attorney’s fees incurred . . .
. . . litigation costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, and appropriate equitable relief,” pursuant to section 681.112 . . . to refund or replacement of the vehicle in a lawsuit subsequent to Lemon Law arbitration via section 681.112 . . . the arbitration of the refund option were not recoverable in a separate court action under section 681.112 . . . Appeal have had the occasion to address the underlying issue of whether “damages” as used in section 681.112 . . .
. . . appeals the trial court’s order awarding attorney’s fees to David Popham (“Pop-ham”), pursuant to section 681.112 . . . ) then filed a lawsuit in circuit court seeking recovery of the attorney’s fees pursuant to section 681.112 . . . The answer is no, “ ‘damages’ under section 681.112 do not include attorney’s fees incurred in pursuing . . .
. . . The owner then filed a complaint in circuit court, pursuant to section 681.112, Florida Statutes (2006 . . . We begin our analysis by reviewing the pertinent statutory language of section 681.112. . . . We discussed the term “damages” as used in section 681.112 in King v. . . . Section 681.112(1) uses the term “damages” and indicates that a prevailing consumer may recover “the . . . HAZOURI and CIKLIN, JJ„ concur. . § 681.112, Fla. Stat. (2006). . . . .
. . . Specifically, the plaintiffs entire reliance on section 681.112(1), Florida Statutes (2008), is misplaced . . . expenses which are not “damages,” cannot be maintained, and it follows, the second sentence in section 681.112 . . .
. . . . § 2310; § 681.112, Fla. Stat. . . .
. . . PCNA argues that the plain language of § 681.112 allows a court to award a consumer, who prevails in . . . a § 681.112 action, “reasonable attorney’s fees” incurred in that § 681.112 action, but not attorney’ . . . PCNA further argues that attorney’s fees are not “damages” under the first sentence of § 681.112 and . . . thus damages (other than attorney’s fees) must be sought in the § 681.112 action before a consumer can . . . recover attorney’s fees under the second sentence of § 681.112. . . .
. . . Finally, section 681.112(1) authorizes a consumer to file suit to recover damages caused by a violation . . . of the Lemon Law, and section 681.112(3) specifies that other rights and remedies are not foreclosed . . .
. . . plaintiffs then filed a complaint alleging claims under the Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act, section 681.112 . . . pecuniary loss, litigation costs, reasonable attorney’s fees, and appropriate equitable relief.” § 681.112 . . .
. . . Gelinas filed suit against Forest River under section 681.112 to recover pecuniary losses, litigation . . . Forest River claimed that section 681.112 did not permit Gelinas to bring a “subsequent legal action . . . The trial court concluded that Gelinas’s lawsuit was authorized under section 681.112 and King v. . . . Forest River asserted that Gelinas’s complaint failed to state a cause of action under section 681.112 . . . King explores the scope of damages recoverable under section 681.112 and concludes that section 681.112 . . .
. . . possession of a motor vehicle in order to bring a circuit court action for “damages” under section 681.112 . . .
. . . Further, section 681.112(3), Florida Statutes, states: “This chapter does not prohibit a consumer from . . .
. . . Land sought relief by seeking remedies under section 681.112 of the Florida Lemon Law and seeking remedies . . . It appears Land’s reliance on section 681.112, Florida Statutes, is misplaced, despite this Court’s opinion . . . Land relies on the part of the opinion where this Court wrote that a section 681.112 action could be . . . complaint, thus it appears Land had no proper cause of action under section 681.103, by way of section 681.112 . . .
. . . after the delivery of the motor vehicle in question to the respective plaintiff provided by section 681.112 . . . "This chapter,” Ch. 88-95, Laws of Fla., includes section 681.112(2), which is § 10, at 442, Laws of . . . consumer involved, that is, either the purchaser of a new vehicle suing under the Lemon Law, section 681.112 . . .
. . . and possession of a motor vehicle in order to bring a circuit court action for damages under section 681.112 . . . See §§ 681.111 & 681.112, Fla.Stat. (2000). . . . Section 681.112(1) uses the'term “damages” and indicates that a prevailing consumer may recover “the . . . As used in section 681.112(1), “damages” should be given its plain and ordinary meaning of pecuniary . . . Third, Chapter 88-95, section 10 added section 681.112, which created a pecuniary remedy for consumers . . .
. . . Section 681.112, Florida Statutes, provides that a consumer who pursues a case in front of the arbitration . . .
. . . Also, section 681.112(1), Florida Statutes (1991) permits a consumer to file an action for violation . . .
. . . (Emphasis added.) 681.112, Florida Statutes (1989). . . .