Boczar v. Glendening

RYDER, Judge.

Linda M. Boczar, M.D. challenges the trial court’s order denying her motion for attorney’s fees. We reverse.

Appellee, David Glendening, was arrested, tried and convicted of sexual battery on a person under eleven years of age and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five years. On appeal, this court affirmed his conviction. See Glendening v. State, 503 So.2d 335 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). Thereafter, Glendening filed a medical malpractice action against Boczar, alleging that Boczar was negligent in examining his three-year-old daughter.

The trial…