NEW ENGLAND MUT. LIFE v. PODHURST, ORSECK

Nos. 95-2746, 95-2366.

690 So.2d 1354 (1997)

NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation, Appellant, v. PODHURST, ORSECK, JOSEFSBERG, EATON, MEADOW, OLIN & PERWIN, P.A., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Culter and John R. Hart, and Devon G. Coughlan, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin; Joel S. Perwin, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and GODERICH, JJ.


COPE, Judge.

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Lender") appeals two orders directing it to disburse escrowed insurance proceeds to appellee Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A. ("the Firm") for payment of the Firm's partial contingent fee. We reverse.

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