Palm Beach Polo Holdings, Inc. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.

An insured property owner, Palm Beach Polo Holdings, Inc., challenges two final judgments entered in favor of its title insurer, Stewart Title Guaranty Company, in this consolidated appeal. Case number 11-4660 is an appeal from a final judgment for the insurer, reimbursing it for attorneys’ fees incurred when it represented the insured in an underlying property dispute. Case number 12-231 is an appeal of the trial court’s award of attorneys’ fees to the insurer, pursuant to section 57.105, Florida Statutes (2012). Multiple issues are raised. We find merit in one of them and reverse in part.

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