SILVERSTEIN v. PUBLIC MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND

No. 1D04-1116.

911 So.2d 831 (2005)

Murray B. SILVERSTEIN, & Cynthia A. Mikos, etc., Appellants, v. PUBLIC MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Blue, Esq., Sylvia H. Walbolt, Esq., and Annette M. Lang, Esq. of Carlton, Fields, P.A., St. Petersburg for Murray B. Silverstein, P.A. and Cynthia A. Mikos, P.A.

Larry D. Simpson, Esq. of Judkins, Simpson, High & Villeneuve, Tallahassee for Broad and Cassel, for Appellants.

Diane D. Tremor, Esq. and Chris H. Bentley, Esq. of Rose, Sundstrom & Bentley, LLP, Tallahassee for Tallahassee Orthopedic Surgery Partners, Ltd.

Mercer K. Clarke, Esq. of Clarke, Silverglate, Campbell, Williams & Montgomery, Miami for Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.

Mark A. Hendricks, Esq. of Panza, Mauer & Maynard, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale for HealthSouth Corporation.

Robert R. Hearn, Esq. of Zuckerman, Spaeder, LLP, Tampa for Laboratory Corporation of America, for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants, Murray B. Silverstein, P.A. and Cynthia A. Mikos, P.A., contend that the trial court erred in declining to apply a multiplier to the class action attorneys' fee award. While we may disagree with the trial court's decision, we are unable to say that the court abused its discretion in so ruling. See Jones & Granger v. Johnson, 788 So.2d 381, 385 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) ("In reviewing a decision of the...

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