Rutkin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

PIERCE, WILLIAM C., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal by appellant Norman K. Rutkin from an order denying award of attorneys’ fees for legal services previously rendered in this 3rd District Court.

A brief chronology of antecedent proceedings will be helpful. Rutkin had previously been involved in an automobile accident caused by an uninsured motorist, and pursuant to arbitration proceedings under the applicable statute had secured an award. He thereafter filed suit in the Dade County Circuit Court under his own indemnity insurance policy to recover from the insurer the costs he had incurred…