UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
M & M MEDICAL CENTER, INC., A/A/O ISDEL ALVAREZ
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A trial court's attorney's fee award must include specific findings as to hourly rate, hours reasonably expended, and appropriateness of reduction or enhancement factors, and those findings must be supported by competent substantial evidence.
[1] A trial court's award of attorney's fees must include specific findings identifying the precise hourly rate, the number of hours reasonably expended, and the appropriaten…
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Cited from Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So. 2d 13, 16 (Fla. 1976), regarding the appellate standard of review for trial court factual determinations.
United Automobile Insurance Company appealed a county court decision regarding attorney's fees awarded to M & M Medical Center, Inc. in a dispute.…
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Coastal Radiology, LLC, 340 So. 3d 528, 529 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) (affirming where “the trial court set forth ‘specific findings as to the hourly rate, the number of hours reasonably expended, and the appropriateness of reduction or enhancement factors as required by Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145, 1151 (Fla. 1985).’ And those findings are supported by competent substantial evidence.” (quoting Parton v. Palomino Lakes Prop. Owners Ass’n, Inc., 928 So. 2d 449, 453 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006))); Highlands Carpentry Service, Inc. v. Connone, 873 So. 2d 611, 613 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (stating that a trial court “must identify the precise hourly rate as well as the amount of hours reasonably expended”); Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So. 2d 13, 16 (Fla. 1976) (“It is not the function of the appellate court to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court through re-evaluation of the testimony and evidence from the record on appeal before it.”).
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- Fla. Patient's Comp. Fund v. Rowe, 472 So. 2d 1145 (Fla. 1985)
- Shaw v. Shaw, 334 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 1976)
- Parton v. Palomino Lakes Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc., 928 So. 2d 449 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
- Johnson v. Fla. Parole Comm'n, 873 So. 2d 611 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004)
- United Auto. Ins. Co. v. N. Shore Med. Ctr., Inc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2023)