UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
v.
PATH MEDICAL, LLC, A/A/O CESAR SILVA,
UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
PATH MEDICAL, LLC, A/A/O CESAR SILVA,
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2023)
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Travieso v. Travieso, 474 So. 2d 1184, 1186 (Fla. 1985) (“We hold that pursuant to section 92.231, expert witness fees, at the discretion of the trial court, may be taxed as costs for a lawyer who testifies as an expert as to reasonable attorney's fees”); United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Feijoo, 356 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023); Bystrom v. Florida Rock Ind., Inc., 513 So. 2d 742, 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (reaffirming that “a trial judge has discretion to determine reasonable expert witness fees and tax these fees as costs”). See also Albanese Popkin Hughes Cove, Inc. v. Scharlin, 141 So. 3d 743, 745 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014) (“A trial court's award of costs is reviewed by appellate courts for an abuse of discretion.”)
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Authorities Cited
- Travieso v. Travieso, 474 So. 2d 1184 (Fla. 1985)
- Albanese Popkin Hughes Cove, Inc. v. Scharlin, 141 So. 3d 743 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014)
- Bystrom v. Fla. Rock Indus., Inc., 513 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
- United Auto. Ins. Co. v. G & G Med. Ctr. & Rehab Corp., 356 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)