Bankers Insurance Co. v. Gonzalez

Bankers Insurance Company (Bankers) appeals from a final order awarding attorney’s fees in an action to recover personal injury protection benefits. Bankers contends the trial court erred when it applied a contingency risk multiplier of 1.5 to the lodestar fee. Bankers also contends the trial court failed to state any findings in its order which would support the application of a contingency risk multiplier. We express no opinion concerning the amount of the fee awarded. However, we must reverse and remand this case because of the absence of findings which support the application of the…