Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1988

United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Smith

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 8, 1988 · Barfield, Joanos, Wigginton

528 So. 2d 1353; 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1848; 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 3548; 1988 WL 81576 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

BARFIELD, Judge.

We AFFIRM the award of the expert witness fee for the attorney who testified *1354as an expert regarding the value of a reasonable fee for the Smiths’ attorney. We REVERSE the attorney fee award and REMAND for redetermination of the amount of a reasonable fee in light of this court’s decision in United Services Automobile Association v. Smith, 527 So.2d 281 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), and the fee agreement limitation imposed in Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Rowe, 472 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 1985).

JOANOS and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.

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