USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Prime Care Chiropractic Centers, P.A.

CRENSHAW, Judge.

USAA Casualty Insurance Company (USAA) appeals a county court final judgment for attorney’s fees and costs entered in favor of Prime Care Chiropractic Centers, P.A. a/a/o Darlene Woodard (Prime Care) that applied a contingency risk multiplier. In so doing, the county court certified a question of great public importance as to whether expert testimony alone could constitute sufficient proof to apply a contingency fee multiplier. Because the county court abused its discretion by awarding a multiplier that was not supported by competent, substantial evidence, we do not reach the…