Ramirez v. United Automobile Insurance Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
The petitioner, who was the successful plaintiff in the county court in an action on a PIP policy, seeks certiorari review of an order of the appellate division of the circuit court which, by clerk’s order, denied him appellate attorney’s fees even though it simultaneously per curiam affirmed the money judgment on appeal. Because this order is directly contrary to the mandatory, non-discretionary requirements of law as required by section 627.428, Florida Statutes, we grant the petition and quash the order below. See Comprehensive Health Ctr., LLC v. United Auto. Ins.…
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