William Joyce v. Federated National Insurance Company

Because competent, substantial evidence does not support the trial court’s use of a multiplier in this case, I would approve the result reached by the Fifth District. I agree that the Fifth District misstated this Court’s case law regarding the application of the contingency fee multiplier. But because the multiplier was used without sufficient justification under the requirements of our case law, the district court nonetheless reached the correct result in reversing the fee award. The record here does not support the conclusion that the availability of the multiplier was necessary for the…