UNITED SERVICES AUTO. ASS'N v. BEHAR

No. 2D99-01592.

752 So.2d 663 (2000)

UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. Raymond J. BEHAR, M.D., and Susan L. Behar, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Staffa Mello and David J. Abbey, of Fox, Grove, Abbey, Adams, Byelick & Kiernan, LLP, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

David A. Maney and Lorena L. Kiely of Maney, Damsker & Jones, Tampa, for Appellees.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

In this appeal we construe the language of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 in the context of a proposal for settlement made by a single defendant to two plaintiffs. The trial court denied the appellant, United Services Automobile Association (USAA), attorney fees under the offer of judgment statute, section 768.79, Florida Statutes (1995), and rule 1.442, and USAA appealed that judgment. Finding that the trial court properly applied the rule...

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