Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...The action is the method by which the cause of action is enforced. (footnotes omitted). From the foregoing definition, it is apparent that the term "actionable claims or demands" employed in the statute simply refers to a "cause of action" as that term is employed in current practice and procedure. Under Section 57.021, Florida Statutes (1977), costs are taxed after an action *1002 is determined....

...axable only pursuant to statute or rule." Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Richardson, 343 So.2d 678, 679 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977). In the present case, we can find no statutory authority for the award of costs. Additionally, the taxation of costs provided for in § 57.021, Fla....

...*612 Costs are taxable only pursuant to statute or rule; and under the facts here, wherein no punitive sanctions are appropriate, we are unaware of any statute or rule which is applicable. We think, therefore, that the trial court was without authority to enter the cost award under review. Section 57.021, F.S....

...[2] With respect to any rules relating to costs prior to final judgment, absent those punitive in nature, we find none applicable to the facts here. In any case, the necessarily incurred additional costs resulting from the mistrial are certainly amenable to taxation as may be appropriate pursuant to § 57.021, supra, when the action is ultimately "determined." The trial court being without authority or power to enter the order under review, [3] and thus having departed from the essential requirements of law, certiorari is appropriate....

...rring because of the conduct of the plaintiff, causing the mistrial, should not be *680 deducted from the amount awarded in said judgment. [3] Certiorari Denied. McCORD, Acting C.J., and MASON, ERNEST E., (Retired) Associate Judge, concur. NOTES [1] § 57.021, Fla....

...Israel, 470 So.2d at 863; Miller v. Colonial Baking Co., 402 So.2d 1365, 1367 (1st DCA 1981) (citing Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Richardson, 343 So.2d 678, 679 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977)). The statute on court costs states that costs shall be taxed "in each action when it is determined." § 57.021, Fla....

See cases cited in 21 Williston on Contracts § 57:21 (4th Ed) (notes 15, 16 and 17). See also I.D.E

...However, we hold that because the trial transcript of the first trial was prepared for and used by the parties at the hearing on the motion for a new trial, the transcript is a properly taxable cost of the first trial, and not an appellate cost. See section 57.021, Florida Statutes (1987)....

...t Railway v. Martin County, 171 So.2d 873, 883 (Fla.), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 834 , 86 S.Ct. 79 , 15 L.Ed.2d 78 (1965). Of course, costs in other civil actions are assessed at the conclusion of the proceedings when the cause is “determined.” See § 57.021, Fla.Stat....

...It follows that it was the unsuccessful real party in interest. As such, under the established law, and even though there is no specific such provision in the Unemployment Compensation Act, Eckerd was correctly held liable under the general costs statute, section 57.021, Florida Statutes (1987), and rule, Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.400, for the costs in question....

claimant as injured. 2 Larson, Workman’s Compensation § 57.21, at 10-101-02 (1983)_” Long v. Director, Workers’

...final judgment which assessed court costs in the amount of $288.81 against appellant. The record before this court does not reveal any motion to tax costs or any other documentation to sustain the sum awarded *859 as court costs by the trial court. Section 57.021, Florida Statutes (1975), requires that a duplicate of the costs bill enumerating each item of costs shall be kept on file among the original papers in the action....

...Mutual Life Ins. Co., supra. The Court committed error. Finally, the taxing of costs by the Court without a motion or other appropriate pleading is assigned as error. In the absence of a stipulation or agreement on costs, they should be taxed pursuant to Section 57.021, F.S....

agreement and the award and moved pursuant to F.S.A. § 57.21 for confirmation of the award. Florida adopted