NATIONAL FOUNDATION LIFE INS. CO. v. WARD

No. 87-1582.

524 So.2d 688 (1988)

NATIONAL FOUNDATION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ernest D. WARD and Constance Ward, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Smith of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith, Cutler & Kent, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

Michael B. Davis of Davis, Hoy & Diamond, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, National Foundation Life Insurance Company (NFLI) appeals the lower court's order taxing costs against it in the amount of $2,632.36.

Appellees concede that costs in the amount of $78.36 were erroneously awarded, and that the lower court should have held an evidentiary hearing on the reasonableness of the fee of Dr. Donaldson, an expert witness. We therefore reverse and remand for an appropriate reduction in the amount of the cost judgment...

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