Betty Grunewald v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJune 29, 2021
Docket1D17-1914
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D17-1914
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BETTY GRUNEWALD,
Petitioner,
v.
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY
ASSOCIATES, LLC,
Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.
June 29, 2021
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
PER CURIAM.
This case is before us on remand from the Florida Supreme
Court, which quashed this Court’s opinion in Grunewald v.
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, 257 So. 3d 1238 (Fla. 1st DCA
2018), and remanded for reconsideration in light of its decision in
Ham v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, 308 So. 3d 942, 943
(Fla. 2020). On application of that decision, we grant Grunewald’s
petition for writ of certiorari. The circuit court’s appellate
decision dated April 21, 2017, is quashed and the circuit court is
directed to affirm the county court’s final judgment for attorney’s
fees on remand.
WINOKUR, JAY, and LONG, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Louis K. Rosenbloum of Louis K. Rosenbloum, P.A., Pensacola
and Robert N. Heath, Jr. of Robert N. Heath, Jr., P.A., Pensacola,
for Petitioner.
Robert E. Sickles and John P. Gaset of Broad and Cassel, LLP,
Tampa, for Respondent.
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