ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. REGAR

No. 2D05-4719.

942 So.2d 969 (2006)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Constance REGAR, as assignee of Jennifer E. Weaver, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Martinez, Michael T. Callahan, Weslee L. Ferron, and Jennifer C. Worden of Callahan Martinez, L.L.C., St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

Nancy A. Lauten and George A. Vaka of Vaka, Larson & Johnson, P.L., Tampa, for Appellee.


STRINGER, Judge.

Allstate Insurance Company seeks review of the final order awarding Constance Regar $220,340.23 in attorney's fees in her capacity as assignee of Jennifer E. Weaver's third-party bad faith action against Allstate. Allstate argues that Regar was not entitled to attorney's fees pursuant to section 627.428, Florida Statutes (2004), because she is not the named insured. Allstate also argues that Regar was not entitled to a fee multiplier for fees awarded...

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