BORG-WARNER ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. PHILCO FINANCE CORP.

Nos. FF-452 and GG-320.

356 So.2d 830 (1978)

BORG-WARNER ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. PHILCO FINANCE CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee. ELDER MOVING & STORAGE COMPANY, Appellant, v. APPLIANCE BUYERS CREDIT CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carle A. Felton, Jr. of Boyd, Jenerette, Leemis & Staas, Jacksonville, for appellant.

William R. Swain, and Douglass E. Myers, Jr. of Webb, Swain & Watson, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Kevin V. Canipelli of Schwartz & Bolinger, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Carle A. Felton, Jr., William R. Swain, and Douglass E. Myers, Jr., of Webb, Swain & Watson, Jacksonville, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

These consolidated cases present us with the question whether an award of attorney fees was appropriate. Borg-Warner's appeal claims its contract of indemnity with Elder did not make it liable to pay fees for attorneys supplied to Elder by Elder's insurance company, Security Insurance. Elder's appeal, brought by Elder's private counsel, questions the propriety of the order directing a portion of the fee awarded be divided with insurance counsel.

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