Joseph B. Doerr Trust, Petitioners v. Central Florida Expressway Authority, Respondents

Summary

The Court held that applying the statutory benefits-achieved formula alone can violate the Florida Constitution when a condemning authority causes excessive litigation and the resulting fee is unreasonably low. The trial court must calculate a reasonable fee under the supplemental-fee provision for work attributable to the excessive litigation and add that amount to the fee calculated under the benefits-achieved formula. The Court quashed the district court's decision and remanded for an evidentiary hearing.