DOYLE-VALLERY v. ARANIBAR

No. 2D02-2311.

838 So.2d 1198 (2003)

Deanna DOYLE-VALLERY, M.D.; Deanna Doyle-Vallery, M.D., P.A.; and Corcoran, Easterling & Doyle-Vallery, Ltd., Appellants, v. Julie B. ARANIBAR and Richard Aranibar, M.D., Husband and Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Garland of Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellants.

Theodore C. Eastmoore, Patricia D. Crauwels, and Alan W. Roddy of Matthews, Eastmoore, Hardy, Crauwels & Garcia, Sarasota, for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The defendants, Deanna Doyle-Vallery, M.D.; Deanna Doyle-Vallery, M.D., P.A.; and Corcoran, Easterling & Doyle-Vallery, Ltd., appeal a postjudgment order granting attorneys' fees and utilizing a multiplier to calculate the award pursuant to section 768.79, Florida Statutes (2001). We affirm the trial court's order. This court has held that trial courts may consider and apply a contingency risk multiplier when awarding attorneys' fees under the offer...

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