UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
LIFE MEDICAL CENTER CORP., A/A/O ALMA A. GUEVARA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2021-09-15
No. 21-0169
Mallery
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2021) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A trial court must conduct an evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of attorney's fees before awarding them.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court must conduct an evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of attorney's fees before awarding such fees in the underlying action.

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Facts & Procedural History

Life Medical Center Corp. appealed an order awarding attorney's fees. The trial court awarded attorney's fees without holding an evidentiary hearing o…

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Opinion of the Court

The appellee, Life Medical Center Corp., a/a/o Alma A. Guevara (“Life Medical”), has properly confessed error based on the decision in United Automobile Insurance Company v. Professional Medical Group, Inc., 318 So. 3d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021), in which this Court held that the trial court reversibly erred by awarding attorney’s fees without conducting an evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of attorney’s fees. Id. at

1262. Accordingly, we reverse the order under review and remand for an

evidentiary hearing.

Reversed and remanded.


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