Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sotolongo

513 So.2d 1384 (1987)

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

Emma SOTOLONGO, Appellee.

No. 86-1438.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 27, 1987.

Ress, Gomez, Rosenberg, Howland & Mintz and Mark Mintz, North Miami, for appellant.

Lawrence F. Kaine, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

FERGUSON, Judge.

Appellant challenges the trial court's application of the contingency risk multiplier, adopted by the supreme court in Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 1985), to award a fee of $28,125 where the client's recovery was…