Malkani v. Hannah
After the defendants lost an appeal, the trial court ordered one co-defendant to reimburse the other for a share of appellate attorney's fees, even though no party had ever moved for appellate fees under Rule 9.400(b) and no appellate court had authorized a fee award. The Sixth District granted a writ of prohibition, holding the trial court lacked jurisdiction to award or quantify appellate attorney's fees and barring any further proceedings on that issue.
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