Universal Engineering Corp. v. Cartier

380 So.2d 1160 (1980)

UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION, and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Appellants,

v.

Andrew CARTIER, Appellee.

No. 79-1216.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 11, 1980.

Pyszka, Kessler & Adams and Ramon Malca, Miami, for appellants.

Neil Chonin, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and BASKIN, JJ.

BASKIN, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the trial court properly awarded attorney's fees to claimant's counsel in an equitable distribution proceeding. We hold that the trial court erred in making the fee award and reverse.

Appellee…