ALL UNDERWRITERS v. WEISBERG

No. 99-11778.

222 F.3d 1309 (2000)

ALL UNDERWRITERS, All Underwriters subscribing to policy number 03789600 including Underwriters at Lloyds, London, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Mark WEISBERG, Robert Berzon, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Ader, Elizabeth B. Hitt, Law Offices of Robert Ader, Miami, FL, for Weisberg and Berzon.

John Maurice Mitchell, Keller & Houck, P.A., Miami, FL, for All Underwriters.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the question of whether a district court may award attorney's fees pursuant to a state statute in a marine insurance contract dispute. The district court answered the question in the negative. We reverse.

I. Background

Appellants, Mark Weisberg and Robert Berzon ("Weisberg," "Berzon," or collectively, "Appellants"), entered into a marine insurance contract with Appellee, Underwriters at Lloyds, London...

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