John L. HAAG, Jr., and Roy L. Levine, individually and as representatives of the policyholders of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Appellants,
v.
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, as Receiver of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Appellee.
MILLER FAUCHER CHERTOW CAFFERTY AND WEXLER; Kent Ridge & Crawford; Lefrak & Holman; Matthew F. Berry; Webb, O'Quinn & Murphree, P.A.; Zwerling, Schachter, Zwerling & Koppell, L.L.P.; Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein; Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, Appellants,
v.
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, as Receiver of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Appellee.
MILLER FAUCHER CHERTOW CAFFERTY AND WEXLER; Kent Ridge & Crawford; Lefrak & Holman; Matthew F. Berry; Webb, O'Quinn & Murphree, P.A.; Zwerling, Schachter, Zwerling & Koppell, L.L.P.; Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein; Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP; and John J. Haag, Jr. and Roy L. Levine, individually and as representatives of the policyholders of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Appellants,
v.
STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, as Receiver of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 7, 1997.
Rehearing Denied September 25, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Keith E. Hope of Keith E. Hope, P.A., Key Biscayne; J. Dennis Faucher and Bryan L. Clobes of Miller Faucher Chertow Cafferty and Wexler, Philadelphia, PA; Robert E. O'Quinn, Jr. of Webb O'Quinn & Murphree, P.A., Jacksonville; Matthew F. Berry, Clear Lake, IA; George E. Ridge of Kent Ridge & Crawford, Jacksonville; Richard M. Heimannof Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA; Ira Schocket and Lawrence A. Sucharow of Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York City; Robert S. Schachter of Zwerling, Schachter, Zwerling & Koppell L.L.P., New York City; and Thomas A. Holman of Lefrak & Holman, New York City, for Appellants.
Timothy W. Volpe, Stephen D. Busey and Leslie A. Wickes of Smith, Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville; Joseph L. Rebak of Tew & Beasley, Miami; W. Carlisle Herbert of Hopkins & Sutter, Chicago, IL; Charles B. Lembcke, of Datz, Jacobson & Lembcke, Jacksonville; Robert A. Weiss of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Tallahassee; Robert R. Feagin, III of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee; Dennis K. Threadgill, Florida Department of Insurance, Tallahassee; Herschel E. Sparks, Jr. of Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Miami; Mary Beth Perry of Guarantee Security Life Insurance Company, Jacksonville; Thomas M. Baumer of Baumer, Bradford & Walters, Jacksonville; Richard A. Cirillo of Rogers & Wells, New York City; Robert E. Warren of Taylor, Mosely & Joyner, Jacksonville; David M. Wells of Mahoney, Adams & Criser, Jacksonville; W. Donald Cox of Fowler, White, Gillen & Boggs, Clearwater; Robert J. Winick, Jacksonville; Lewis F. Murphy of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami; Charles A. Stillman of Stillman, Friedman & Shaw, New York City, for Appellee.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
PER CURIAM.
Appellants, John L. Haag, Jr., Roy L. Levine and their attorneys (collectively, "Haag"), challenge the trial court's orders (1) approving attorney's fee agreements entered into between appellee, the Department of Insurance, and two law firms, Smith Hulsey & Busey, and Tew & Beasley, and (2) denying appellants' motion for attorney's fees and costs. We affirm the first order, because the trial court properly approved the fee agreements pursuant to...
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