Legal Opinion
Florida Patient's Compensation Fund v. Rowe
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 2, 1985No. 64459PublishedCited by 838 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
472 So.2d 1145 (1985)
FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, Appellant,
v.
Lena ROWE, Appellee.
No. 64459.
Supreme Court of Florida.
May 2, 1985.
Rehearing Denied August 16, 1985.
Richard B. Collins and Craig A. Dennis of Perkins and Collins, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse and Ginsberg, Barranco and Kellough, P.A. and Goldberg and Vova, Miami, for appellee.
OVERTON, Justice.
This cause concerns the constitutional validity of section 768.56, Florida Statutes (1981), which directs the trial court to award a "reasonable attorney's fee" to the prevailing party in a medical…
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