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RIESGO v. WEINSTEIN

No. 87-805.

523 So.2d 752 (1988)

Rene RIESGO, Jr., Appellant, v. Ira WEINSTEIN, Intervenor/Appellee, and Allen Lee Larson, Chemical Tank Lines, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, Interstate Fire and Casualty Company, and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, a Corporation Doing Business in Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall O. Reder and Jonathan L. Alpert of Alpert, Josey & Grilli, P.A., Tampa, for appellant.

A. Broadus Livingston and Rosa I. Rodriguez of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith, Cutler & Kent, P.A., Tampa, for intervenor/appellee.

HALL, Judge.

Rene Riesgo appeals from a final order awarding his former attorney, Ira Weinstein, attorney's fees. We reverse.

In October 1977 Riesgo retained Weinstein to represent him pursuant to a written contingency fee contract in an action for damages for injuries Riesgo sustained in a motor vehicle accident. During Weinstein's representation of Riesgo two offers of settlement were made, one for $20,000 and one for $100,000. Riesgo declined both offers...

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