Legal Opinion
Palm Beach Polo Holdings, Inc. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 8, 2014No. 4D12-2640PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMay, J.
This is the third appeal in a trilogy of fee awards against the insured. The insured appeals an attorneys’ fees and costs award in favor of the insurer entered pursuant to the offer of judgment statute. The insured argues the court erred in granting the award because the insurer’s proposal for settlement was ambiguous, and because the trial court should not have included fees for travel time and for time spent in litigating the fees to be awarded. We affirm in all respects, except for the time awarded for litigating the amount of fees to be awarded.
After losing a property dispute,1 the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. PalmaSupreme Court of Florida · 1993
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. NicholsSupreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc. v. GorkaSupreme Court of Florida · 2010
- Oruga Corp. v. AT&T WIRELESS OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. PollingerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
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