Legal Opinion
Castranova v. Auth
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 29, 1991No. 91-48PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAUKSCH, Judge.
We affirm the judgment in this case in all respects except the award of attorney’s fees. That award was not properly done in accordance with Florida Patients Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla.1985). The trial judge heard from two lawyers who gave opinions as to their estimate of the value of the attorney’s services and the judge entered an order making an award higher than the lowest and lower than the highest. That’s the way it was done in the old days. Now it must be done in accordance with Rowe, by having a complete evidentiary hearing and entering an order with…
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