Kieser v. Old Line Life Insurance Co. of America

Appellant seeks review of a final order awarding attorney fees to appellee. He argues (1) that no competent, substantial evidence was presented to the trial court to support an award of fees; and (2) that the order awarding fees is legally inadequate because it contains no findings of fact regarding either the reasonable number of hours expended by appellee’s attorneys or a reasonable hourly rate for the services provided. Because the hearing at which evidence and testimony were presented was not transcribed, we are unable to determine whether appellant’s sufficiency of the evidence argument…