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GREAT AMERICAN INS. CO. v. E. COAST SUPPLY CORP.

No. 78-2132.

377 So.2d 256 (1979)

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. EAST COAST SUPPLY CORP., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Baumann and Joseph G. Thresher of Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Law Offices of Robert S. Levy, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment, but remand for reduction of the attorney's fee awarded. Section 627.756(2), Fla. Stat. (1977), permits an award of attorney's fees of not more than 12 1/2% of the amount of final judgment. The attorney's fee awarded below was $5,000.00, more than 12 1/2% of the final judgment of $7,132.89. The trial court should reduce the award to an amount not greater than 12 1/2% of the final judgment of $7,132.89. Appellee's motion for appellate...

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