Howard Folta and Joanne Folta, His Wife, Cross v. Joseph Bolton, M.D., and Tarpon Springs General Hospital, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Cross

This diversity case involves the propriety of claims for attorney’s fees in a medical malpractice action pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 768.56 (1983). The district court denied the claims. On March 27, 1985, this court certified two questions 1 regarding the application of section 768.56 to the Florida Supreme Court. Folta v. Bolton, 758 F.2d 520, 523 (11th Cir.1985). The Florida Supreme Court resolved these questions in an opinion dated September 4, 1986. 2 Folta v. Bolton, 493 So.2d 440, 442-44 (Fla.1986). The Florida Supreme Court further advised this court that subsequent to this court’s…