HARTFORD ACC. & INDEM. v. M-B LEASING

No. 80-974.

394 So.2d 561 (1981)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. M-B LEASING, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talburt, Kubicki & Bradley and Betsy E. Hartley, William O. Mehrtens, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

McCormick, Bedford & Backmeyer and Gerald L. Bedford, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court's order awarding attorneys' fees to M-B Leasing, Inc. upon a holding that (1) M-B Leasing, Inc. is not an entity to which attorneys' fees may be awarded under the applicable statute, Section 627.428(1), Florida Statutes (1979), such an award being available only to the contracting insured, the insured's estate, specifically named policy beneficiaries, and the insured's assignees,

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