HIGHLANDS INS. CO. v. KRAVECAS

No. 3D99-1656.

751 So.2d 763 (2000)

HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Morris KRAVECAS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parenti, Falk, Waas, Hernandez & Cortina and Gail Leverett Parenti, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Ress, Mintz & Truppman; Lauri Waldman Ross and Teresa L. Girten, Miami, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Although we find no abuse of discretion in the determinations of the time appropriately expended by the plaintiffs attorney and his hourly rate, we conclude that there is no basis for the 2.0 multiplier applied by the trial court. See Standard Guar. Ins. Co. v. Quanstrom, 555 So.2d 828 (Fla. 1990); Gonzalez v. Veloso, 731 So.2d 63 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Simmons v. Royal...

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