William Joyce v. Federated National Insurance Company

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC16-103 ____________ WILLIAM JOYCE, et al., Petitioners, vs. FEDERATED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent. [October 19, 2017] PARIENTE, J. The issue in this case is whether trial courts may apply a contingency fee multiplier to an award of attorney’s fees to a prevailing party only in “rare” and “exceptional” circumstances, as the Fifth District Court of Appeal held in Federated National Insurance Co. v. Joyce,

179 So. 3d 492

(Fla. 5th DCA 2015). Petitioners, the insureds in a successful dispute with their homeowners’ insurance carrier, assert that…