After a verdict, the battle over taxable costs can be a vicious and cruel additional hit. The case of The Landmark Winter Park, LLC v. Thomas and Gail Colman reflects the potential brutal nature of post verdict claims for costs.
By way of background, the Florida Supreme Court’s current statement on taxable costs come from In Re Amendments to Uniform Guidelines for Taxation of Costs.
In Landmark of Winter Park, the court denied the following costs as “overhead”: postage, envelopes, copying, online research, fax charges, overtime for paralegals, after-hours heat and AC, mileage, meals, and long distance charges.
Permitted were costs such as court reporter fee for all depositions (not just those used at trial) and charges for photocopies of trial exhibits.