Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1986

Cuevas v. Potamkin Dodge, Inc.

Cuevas v. Potamkin Dodge, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 28, 1986 · Bark, Dull, Jorgenson, Schwartz
483 So. 2d 55; 11 Fla. L. Weekly 289; 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 6020 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cuevas v. Potamkin Dodge, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Subsequent to this court’s opinion found in Cuevas v. Potamkin Dodge, Inc., 455 So.2d 398 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984), the matter recurred in the trial court when the appellant moved for costs in accordance with the original arbitration award. The trial court, without apparent justification, awarded costs in an amount substantially less than those reasonably and necessarily incurred by the appellant, she having prevailed. She is entitled to recover such costs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Ruthin, 199 So.2d 705 (Fla. 1967). Therefore the order under review is reversed and the matter remanded to the trial court to reconsider the cost application and to make an award consistent with the supreme court’s opinion in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Rutkin, supra.

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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